A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter…
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Sun Is Less Active Than Similar Stars
The extent to which solar activity (and thus the number of sunspots and the solar…
Astronomers Capture Rare Images of Planet-Forming Disks Around Stars
An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming…
Astronomers Could Spot Life Signs Orbiting Long-Dead Stars
The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant…
ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered…
ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole, Proves Einstein Right
Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that…
Star Formation Project Maps Nearby Interstellar Clouds
Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of…
The Strange Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary…
New Argument Presented to Highlight the Axion Nature of Dark Matter
According to the hypothesis, axionic dark matter, provoking structural rearrangement in compact stars with a…
ALMA Catches Beautiful Outcome of Stellar Fight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, have…
