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A star is born! How cosmic winds are a key step in stellar formation
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn illustration of an accretion disk around a young star showing a wind of matter spinning around...
Scientists work out why the inner solar system seemed to break the laws of physics
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists believe they have solved the mystery of why the inner solar system spins much more slowly...
Will Earth ever lose its moon?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarth from moon Will Earth lose its moon before the sun destroys us? (Image credit: Jeremy Horner) The moon's orbit around Earth appears so regular that...
Black hole spin speed revealed in new study of churning space-time
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn artist's rendering of a black hole. The "wobbling" remains of a star that suffered a grisly death...
NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission revealed how battered space rock Dimorphos formed
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoObservations by NASA's DART spacecraft suggest that the asteroid Dimorphos formed from material...
Defining Dynamic Space Ops: What it means to stay dominant in orbit
C4ISRNET via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoFor the U.S. to remain dominant in space, it must be able to sustain dynamic operations on a scale...
Supermassive black hole at heart of the Milky Way is approaching the cosmic speed limit
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSupermassive black hole Sagittarius A* is spinning nearly as fast as it can, dragging the very...
Fast food: Black holes devour stars much quicker than we thought
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAccretion of a star by a supermassive black hole Getty Images/MARK GARLICK Across the universe, the...
Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules
Space via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoA half purple half blue glowing sphere. Astronomers have discovered the slowest spinning radio...
'Quantum superchemistry' observed for the 1st time ever
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIllustration of atomic orb. For the first time, researchers have observed "quantum superchemistry"...