Latest articles by Keith Cooper
Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.
The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust shells that the two Wolf-Rayet stars cast off.
The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years away.
Quantum gravity seeks to unify the theory of general relativity with quantum physics to describe how gravity works at very small scales. But there's a big puzzle surrounding the idea.
Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?
The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.
A historical record of Arctic sea ice based on the abundance of cosmic dust in sediments on the sea bed of the Arctic Ocean has revealed how the sea ice responds to climate warming.
We'll lose the ISS pretty soon. What might we lose with it?
New observations of a volatile young star have shown how infant suns could unleash enough energy to trigger biologically relevant chemical reactions in an orbiting planet's atmosphere.
Researchers claim flashes of light seen in sky surveys could have been UFOs drawn to Earth by nuclear tests, but more mundane explanations should be explored first.
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest pass to the sun on Oct. 30, and various spacecraft will be watching, seeking clues about the icy wanderer's chemistry and composition.
On Earth, CI chondrites make up only 1% of all meteorites that have been collected, but they may be far more common on the moon.
This new analysis could be used to test the physics of quantum chromodynamics in the future.
The destroyed planet has spewed material onto the white dwarf's surface, with astronomers detecting 13 different elements originating from the rocky body.
The super-Earth exoplanet is "one of the best candidates in the search for an atmospheric signature of life."
The new technique could one day be used to create less expensive astronomical sensors.
At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?
Titan's chemical inventory is believed to bear some resemblance to the prebiotic soup on the early Earth.
V883 Orionis is a young star that formed in the Orion Nebula half a million years ago.
The so-called tidal disruption event also produced two puzzling delayed outbursts.
Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitational waves that date back to inflation at the moment of the Big Bang.
Three new ORCS – "odd radio circles" – have been found associated with giant, active galaxies, giving astronomers clues as to how these immense, enigmatic structures form.
The discovery of what is potentially the smallest clump of dark matter ever seen strengthens the case for cold dark matter.
