Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient

Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient

Dark matter could be a Sun ingredient 2015-03-04 00:00:00 • Scientists propose a theoretical solution to the ‘problem of solar composition’ • It is a possibility that this work shows the first evidence of the properties of the particle forming...
Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion

Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion

Discovery of lithium in a stellar explosion 2015-02-19 00:00:00 – Nature publishes new observational findings today that confirm a theory by scientists from Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC). – Now for the first time radioactive...
Black hole gamma-ray lightning

Black hole gamma-ray lightning

Black hole gamma-ray lightning 2014-11-06 00:00:00 The MAGIC telescopes at La Palma have recorded the fastest gamma-ray flares seen to date, produced in the vicinity of a super-massive black hole. The scientists explain this phenomenon by a mechanism similar to that...
INTEGRAL catches dead star exploding in a blaze of glory

INTEGRAL catches dead star exploding in a blaze of glory

INTEGRAL catches dead star exploding in a blaze of glory 2014-09-04 00:00:00 27 August 2014 by ESA Astronomers using ESA’s INTEGRAL gamma-ray observatory have demonstrated beyond doubt that dead stars known as white dwarfs can reignite and explode as supernovae...