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Unidirectional Quantum Spin Wave Could be Used as Information Carrier

Scientists from Purdue University have produced a quantum spin wave for light that could act as an information carrier for next-generation nanotechnologies but with a special twist—they flow in only one direction.

20 Aug 2019

Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Reveals Moon’s Glow is Brighter than Sun’s

Moon would seem brighter than the Sun if human eyes could see high-energy radiation known as gamma rays. This is precisely how the moon has been observed in space by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope over the last 10 years.

19 Aug 2019

Ultraviolet Flares from M-Type Stars Might Help Uncover Hidden Biospheres

Astronomers who search for life on faraway planets may have to look for the glow.

14 Aug 2019

Supercomputer Simulations Used to Decipher Science Behind Galaxy Formation

How do galaxies like the Milky Way emerge? How do they expand and evolve over time? For several decades, the science underlying galaxy formation has been a mystery.

12 Aug 2019

First-Ever High-Resolution Measurements of Interplanetary Shock

Spending four years and employing high-resolution instruments, the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) has recently observed what no other spacecraft has—the first high-resolution measurements of an interplanetary shock.

12 Aug 2019

Researchers Reproduce Interstellar Collisionless Shock in the Lab

Researchers from MIT and an international team of collaborators have now reproduced in the lab, with high fidelity, massive interstellar events in which charged matter clouds dash into each other and eject high-energy particles.

7 Aug 2019

MAGIC Telescope Detects High-Energy Photons from Gamma-Ray Burst

Gamma-ray bursts are short and intense flashes of energetic radiation emitted from outer space. These bursts are the brightest explosions in the universe.

5 Aug 2019

New 3D Map Reveals S-Like Structure of Milky Way’s Warped Stellar Disk

Scientists have estimated the distance from the sun to several single pulsating stars scattered around the Milky Way and mapped the Galaxy on a broader scale than ever before.

5 Aug 2019

Hubble Detects Gases of Heavy Metals Streaming from Sizzling Exoplanet

When can a planet said to be “hotter than hot?” The answer is when it is detected that heavy metals escape from the atmosphere of the planet, rather than condensing into clouds.

5 Aug 2019

Exoplanet Found to Orbit Young Star Could Offer Insights into Past and Future

A research work published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that scientists from Dartmouth College have found a planet revolving around one of the brightest known young stars.

29 Jul 2019