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IceCube and Fermi Data Provide Compelling Evidence for Quantum Gravity Discovery

New research using IceCube and Fermi data presents compelling evidence supporting the discovery of quantum gravity, marking a significant breakthrough in understanding the fundamental...

Study investigates the evolution of X-ray binary system GX 301-2

Astronomers from Argentina and France investigated the evolutionary history of GX 301-2. It is an eccentric high-mass X-ray binary. The study's findings were published...

Researchers inspect gamma-ray flares of the blazar 3C 279

Chinese astronomers studied the variability and spectral behavior of gamma-ray flares in a distant blazar known as 3C 279. They used NASA's Fermi spacecraft...

Imaging the magnetic field in the acceleration zone of the Vela pulsar

An international team of space scientists has imaged the magnetic field that exists in the Vela pulsar's acceleration zone. The group described how they...

HD 213258 is a rapidly oscillating, strongly magnetic Ap star, study finds

Astronomers used the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) to observe the HD 213258. It is a chemically unusual star. They have discovered HD 213258 to be...

Chinese astronomers detect over 100 new open clusters

Astronomers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) in China have discovered 101 new open clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. They have analysed data...

First results from LHAASO place tighter constraints on dark matter’s lifetime

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) scientists have presented 1.5 years of observational data. They have calculated new limits on the lifetime...

Action of two protostars appears to be making conditions right for planet formation

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics discovered evidence of ripe conditions for planet formation in the vicinity of...

Indian astronomers detect dozens of variable stars in the NGC 381 region

Astronomers from India's Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Science (ARIES) and Physical Research Laboratory have discovered 57 variable stars in the field of the...

Precise FAST observations reveal circular polarization in active repeating fast radio bursts

A research team from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) discovered circular polarization in active repeating fast radio bursts...

Research investigates the latest outburst of pulsar SAX J1808.4−3658

An international team of astronomers examined the recent outburst of an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar known as SAX J1808.43658. They have used the Neutron...

Planet spiralling into star may offer glimpse into Earth’s end

Astronomers have identified a planet that is spiralling towards a cataclysmic collision with its ageing sun for the first time. It is providing a...

Two Earth-mass exoplanets orbiting nearby star discovered

An international team of astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets. They were transiting a nearby M-dwarf star known as GJ 1002 using the radial...

NASA’s Perseverance rover deposits first sample on Mars surface

A titanium tube containing a rock sample is resting on Mars' surface. It has been dropped there by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on December...

Russia might send up rescue ship for ISS crew

Officials said on Thursday that Russia is examining the flightworthiness of the Soyuz crew capsule docked with the ISS. The capsule sprung a leak...