Stefano Gallotta

Does the Solar System Have a Ninth Planet ?

New research hypothesizes the presence of a ninth planet in the Solar System based on the peculiar behavior of TNOs

Black Holes Discovered Near Earth

An image of the Pleiades star cluster. Credit: Jose Mtanous

A research topic based on simulations and data from the Gaia space telescope has identified black holes near Earth

James Webb and the Ocean Covered Planet

This illustration shows how the exoplanet K2-18b might appear based on scientific data. K2-18b, an exoplanet 8.6 times more massive than Earth, orbits the cold dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and is located 120 light-years from Earth. Credit: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/" NASA "

A research team using the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an ocean-covered planet that could potentially host life

Detected Magnetic Field of an Ancient Galaxy

False-color representation of the galaxy ASW0009io9 as seen by ALMA. The contours represent the polarization of light coming from dust grains aligned with the galaxy's magnetic field. Credit: <a href="https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/home/" ALMA

A research team using ALMA has detected the magnetic field of the ancient galaxy ASW0009io9, which is over 11 billion years old

Bubble galaxies, fossil residue of the Big Bang

An illustration of the one-billion-light-year-wide galaxy bubble called Ho'oleilana. Next to it is the Laniakea supercluster where our Milky Way resides. Credit: Frédéric Durillon

A group of researchers has identified and three-dimensionally mapped a bubble of galaxies, Ho’oleilana, a relic of the Big Bang

Missing information of black holes

Research based on a different approach to general relativity could yield new information about black holes

NASA may have discovered and inadvertently killed the life on Mars

Cornell University astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan stands next to a model of a Viking lander. Credit: NASA

Scientist Schulze-Makuch speculates that NASA’s Viking missions may have found and accidentally then killed life on Mars

Meteorite 4.6 billion years old

A team of scientists led by Evgenii Krestianinovla has analyzed a meteorite found in the Sahara dated 4.6 billion years ago

ESA can address muscle loss in space

Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen of ESA will carry out an experiment on board the ISS to combat muscle loss in space

ESA assembles Hera spacecraft for DART mission

Propulsion module of ESA's Hera spacecraft, which incorporates the propellant tanks. Credit: ESA

ESA ‘s spacecraft, Hera, is the follow-up to the DART mission that struck the asteroid Dimorphos last year, Didymos’ smaller companion