First gravitational waves form after 10 million years Posted on September 07, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News In his General Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves over a century ago; this year, they were detected directly for the first time: The American Gravitational Wave Observatory […]Read more First gravitational waves form after 10 million years
Brown dwarfs hiding in plain sight in our solar neighborhood Posted on September 07, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News Cool brown dwarfs are a hot topic in astronomy right now. Smaller than stars and bigger than giant planets, they hold promise for helping us understand both stellar evolution and […]Read more Brown dwarfs hiding in plain sight in our solar neighborhood
OSIRIS-REx Posted on September 07, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and bring a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission is scheduled to launch Sept. 8, 2016, from Cape […]Read more OSIRIS-REx
An exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in Arrasate Posted on September 06, 2016 by Chantal Jager In News The deposit being explored by a team from the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country contains at least 40 species and reflects the fauna in the area during the Upper Pleistocene […]Read more An exceptional palaeontological site going back 100,000 years is unearthed in Arrasate