Toronto | 14 hours ago
New planet orbiting its 'Sun-like' star
Toronto, June 30 - A planet about eight times the mass of Jupiter has been confirmed to orbit a Sun-like star, says a study.The newly-confirmed planet is about 300 times farther from its star than Earth is from the sun, making it the least massive planet to orbit at such a great distance from its host star. Direct imaging shows water vapour, carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen in the planet's ... read more

Washington | 1 month ago
Discovery pinpoints location of missing matter in universe
Washington, May 12 - Astronomers have announced a robust detection of a vast reservoir of intergalactic gas about 400 million light years from earth.This discovery is the strongest evidence yet that the 'missing matter' in the nearby Universe is located in an enormous web of hot, diffuse gas. This missing matter -- which is different from dark matter -- is composed of baryons, the particles, such ... read more

8 months ago
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.The team has obtained extremely precise data about the early universe, using a telescope near the South Pole in the Antarctic.Their measurements of the cosmic microwave background - a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe - provide furt ... read more

8 months ago
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.The team has obtained extremely precise data about the early universe, using a telescope near the South Pole in the Antarctic.Their measurements of the cosmic microwave background - a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe - provide furt ... read more

8 months ago
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.The team has obtained extremely precise data about the early universe, using a telescope near the South Pole in the Antarctic.Their measurements of the cosmic microwave background - a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe - provide furt ... read more

8 months ago
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.The team has obtained extremely precise data about the early universe, using a telescope near the South Pole in the Antarctic.Their measurements of the cosmic microwave background - a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe - provide furt ... read more

8 months ago
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.The team has obtained extremely precise data about the early universe, using a telescope near the South Pole in the Antarctic.Their measurements of the cosmic microwave background - a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe - provide furt ... read more

8 months ago
Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields
Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by UCL - researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode satellite.Scientists have long speculated on the source of solar winds. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer -, on board the Japanese-UK-US Hinode satellite, is now generating unprecedented obs ... read more

8 months ago
Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields
Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by UCL - researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode satellite.Scientists have long speculated on the source of solar winds. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer -, on board the Japanese-UK-US Hinode satellite, is now generating unprecedented obs ... read more

1 year ago
New technique will detect water on earth-like planets
Washington, May 26 - Since the early 1990s, astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting far away stars, nearly all of them being gas giants like Jupiter. Now, powerful telescopes, similar to NASA's recently launched Kepler Mission, will help spot much smaller rocky extrasolar planets, or exoplanets with water, more similar to earth. Seen from dozens of light years away, an exopla ... read more