Cracking the Code: AI Solves Equation for Galaxy 'Weight'
The astrophysicists noted that these improved mass estimates will assist in determining the fundamental properties of the universe.
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Joseph Shavit
- Mar 19
A giant planet is hiding in our solar system according to scientists
The Solar System is a dynamic environment, teeming with millions of celestial bodies in constant motion. From planets to moons and comets.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 28
Scientists reveal what's hidden inside a black hole
Physicist Enrico Rinaldi used quantum computing and computer learning to describe what is believed to be the interior of a black hole.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 20
Scientists believe there is a giant planet hiding in our solar system
The Solar System is a dynamic environment, teeming with millions of celestial bodies in constant motion orbiting our sun.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 5
Scientists detect 8 possible alien 'technosignatures' eminating from nearby stars
Scientists have streamlined the search for extraterrestrial life by using a new algorithm to organize the data from their telescopes.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 31
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 29
Scientists discover what is hidden inside a black hole
A team of researchers used quantum computing and computer learning to describe what is believed to be the interior of a black hole.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 23
Groundbreaking laser can help detect signs of life on other planets
The laser-sourced analyzer is significantly smaller and more resource-efficient than its predecessors—all without compromising its abilities
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 18
Scientists can finally explain how rocky planets form
A new theory for how rocky planets form could explain the origin of so-called "super-Earths"—a class of Earth-like exoplanets.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Does the universe have an end – or does it go on forever?
Above the atmosphere is space. It’s called that because it has far fewer molecules, with lots of empty space between them.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 4
Harvard and Cambridge scientists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
Joshua Shavit
- Jan 1
Researchers create artificial black holes in the lab
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, packing so much mass into so little space that nothing can escape.
Joshua Shavit
- Dec 29, 2022
Rockets illuminate electric circuit that powers the Northern Lights
A NASA-funded rocket mission is headed to space to measure the global electric circuit underlying the northern lights.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 25, 2022
Scientists predict the discovery of life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Scientists make major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf star discovery could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 18, 2022
Light from outside our galaxy 3x brighter than expected, study finds
New measurements show that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is two to three times brighter than the light from known galaxies.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 12, 2022
Amazing interactive map lets you scroll through the universe
A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 1, 2022
All life in our solar system may have begun on Mars
When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 29, 2022
Scientists discover what is hidden inside the heart of a black hole
The black hole’s gravity, which exists in three dimensions, mathematically connects to the particles dancing above it, which exist in 2D.
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