Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is at the center of an exciting new study that suggests it may hold elements that have never been observed on Earth. This groundbreaking research, published in The European ...

For years, astronomers puzzled over the mystery of where the heaviest elements in the universe—like gold, uranium, and platinum—come from.

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) at 0.8 mHz were detected in the Be/X-ray binary SXP31.0 during a major outburst, with luminosity reaching about 250 × 10 38 erg/s, well above the Eddington ...

Periodic changes in celestial bodies give away the galaxy’s secrets. 02 Jul 2025 David Gevaux. Statistical methods help us understand stars based on aperiodic observations. Stars and nebula. (Courtesy ...

Now astronomers have seen the most powerful one of these signals ever, and have a new idea about their cause Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we ...