Revealing the Intimate Lives of MASSIVE Galaxies
Every galaxy has a story, and every galaxy has been many others in the past (unlike for humans, this is not purely metaphorical, as galaxies…
Every galaxy has a story, and every galaxy has been many others in the past (unlike for humans, this is not purely metaphorical, as galaxies…
In an unprecedented feat, an American research team discovered hidden secrets of an elusive exoplanet using a powerful new instrument at the 8-meter (26-feet) Gemini…
Three times the mass of Jupiter, a first-of-its-kind planet swings around its star on a bizarre path. Astronomers have discovered a planet three times the…
Two McGill University astronomers have assembled a “fingerprint” for Earth, which could be used to identify a planet beyond our Solar System capable of supporting…
The space race between the US and Russia ended half a century ago when US astronauts became the first to walk on the moon. Today…
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth. It can be seen…
The asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath. Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched…
A rocky extrasolar moon (exomoon) with bubbling lava may orbit a planet 550 light-years away from us. This is suggested by an international team of…
Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its…
NASA launched its Spitzer Space Telescope into orbit around the Sun on August 25, 2003. Since then, the observatory has been lifting the veil on…
An atomic clock that could pave the way for autonomous deep space travel was successfully activated last week and is ready to begin its year-long…
This atmospheric Picture of the Week, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a dark, gloomy scene in the constellation of Gemini (The Twins)….
Artists’ animation showing Jupiter in radio waves with ALMA and in visible light with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), I. de Pater…
An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus…
A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a…
Over thirty years ago, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite discovered that the universe contained many extremely luminous galaxies, some more than a thousand times brighter than…
Study reports on search for an atmosphere around a planet somewhat similar to ours. Astronomers at MIT, Harvard University, and elsewhere have searched a rocky,…
Scientists, including those from The Australian National University (ANU), say they have detected a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time. “About…