Author: Alina

Monster black hole might have executed a magnetic ‘flip’

X-ray emissions disappeared and then came back again due to changes in the environment, a study suggests. A black hole might have reversed its magnetic field right before our eyes. The story begins with a galaxy known as 1ES 1927+654, which briefly ceased X-ray emissions...

Rocky alien worlds may need to be young to support life

As the search for life in the universe continues, scientists already know it’s not enough to find rocky planets in a star’s habitable zone, the region where a planet can host liquid water, a requirement for life as we know it. That’s just the starting...

Pow! Scientists spot new ‘micronova’ stellar explosion

An international team of astronomers has observed and identified a new type of stellar explosion — a micronova. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), the researchers witnessed never-before-seen small thermonuclear explosions on white dwarf stars that lasted only a matter of...

Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever

The meteorite sizzled rocks some 36 million years ago. It’s confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth’s crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientists wrote that it had...

Perseverance rover arrives at ancient Mars river delta

Perseverance’s search for Mars life might strike gold here. NASA’s life-hunting Perseverance Mars rover just reached a big mission milestone. Perseverance has arrived safely at the remains of an ancient Red Planet river delta on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, NASA...

Another solar temper tantrum sends a strong X-class flare toward Earth

Will auroras follow? Aurora watchers, it’s your lucky month. For the second time in days, the sun hurled a large, X-class flare at Earth overnight Tuesday (April 19) and Wednesday (April 20), reportedly causing radio blackouts in Australia, the Western Pacific and eastern Asia. SpaceWeather.com...

Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever

The meteorite sizzled rocks some 36 million years ago. It’s confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth’s crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientists wrote that it had...