Astronomers Discover Mysterious Repeating Bursts of Radio Waves From Outer Space
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few…
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse of length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few…
Astronomers Find Elusive Target Hiding Behind Dust Astronomers acting on a hunch have likely resolved a mystery about young, still-forming stars and regions rich in…
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with…
Roughly half of the newly-discovered black holes are not at the centers of their galaxies. Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive…
3C196.1 is a massive elliptical galaxy, the brightest member of a cluster of galaxies about three billion light-years away that is notable for its strong…
Using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have measured the magnetic field of a galaxy nearly five billion light-years…
Using data from Chandra and the VLA, astronomers uncovered new evidence for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky…
Using data from the Very Large Array, astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming…
Researchers are hoping to further unlock the mysteries of planet and star formation and study many more young stars and solar systems by using the…