10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (383+ words) Most stars in the Universe exist in binary or multiple star systems, where the presence of close-in companion stars in such systems can adversely influence the formation and orbital stability of planets around one of the stars. An international team…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (269+ words) Rice University professor Bidong Zhang has received a grant to develop next-generation lunar radiometric dating techniques that will acquire more accurate ages for lunar samples. This project is supported by $2. 54 million over a three-year funding period from the NASA Laboratory…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (25+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! The relative motion of galaxy clusters can reveal how strongly gravity pulls across enormous distances. Lucy Reading / Simons Foundation...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (188+ words) SAN ANTONIO " April 14, 2026 " New research led by Southwest Research Institute (Sw RI) integrated three types of machine learning models to generate solar magnetic patches with physical properties and used those as a query to find matching patches in real observations....

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (42+ words) "Forbidden" Planet (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! An artist's conception of the gas giant planet TOI-5205 b orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star. Katherine Cain, Carnegie Science. More on this News Release How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (24+ words) Saturn (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Saturn's equinox captured by Cassini in 2009 More on this News Release Spacecraft data reveals surprising detail about Saturn's magnetic "shield"...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (190+ words) A slow zoom into'WASP-189b (also known as HD 133112 b), an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet with a three-day orbit around its host star, which is named HD 133112. Astronomers discovered that WASP-189b echoes the composition of its host star, providing the first direct evidence…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (466+ words) image: Saturn's equinox captured by Cassini in 2009 view more Researchers say this discovery confirms that giant planets operate under a different magnetospheric regime from the Earth's. The study in Nature Communications includes Dr Licia Ray and Dr Sarah Badman from…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (49+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Schematic showing the position of Saturn's cusp compared to Earth's. Credit must be given to the creator. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms. More on this News Release Saturn's magnetic bubble is lopsided compared to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (233+ words) image: Mississippi State physicist Jaspreet Randhawa achieved a significant scientific advancement, producing a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during explosive bursts on neutron stars. These burstsforge heavier elements'the building blocks of planets and life…...