Newsroom – Category: Physics & Astrophysics

How pieces of music by different composers and genres develop can be anticipated for different periods of time more

Nested morphology of gas streams confirms a mechanism that helps infant stars to grow by ingesting disk material. more

New all-sky survey by the MeerKAT radio telescope shows the universe as expected at large distances - unlike previous observations by other telescopes more

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater bear witness to dwarf planet Ceres' cryovolcanic past - and revive the debate about its place of origin. more

In the coming nights, the Perseid meteors will streak across the skies more

The sight of a bright comet has fascinated people at all times. But what is behind such a celestial spectacle? It was only in modern times that researchers discovered the phenomenon - by which time the tail stars had already had a long career as bringers of bad luck or divine messengers. more

In young planetary systems, gas giants form more efficiently and faster than previously assumed as shown by new computer simulations. more

Photos from the landing site show, that observatory is in good shape after its stratospheric research flight more

An image of the the James Webb Space Telescope shows the oldest and coldest known exoplanet more

With 8200 solar masses, the black hole fills the evolutionary gap between stellar and supermassive black holes more