Hubble Reveals That Markarian 231 is Powered by a Double Black Hole
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers discovered that Markarian 231 is powered by two central black holes furiously whirling about each other….
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If Life Can Travel Between The Stars We Should Be Able To Detect It
A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that if life can travel between the stars (in a process called panspermia), it would…
Chandra Reveals the Birth of a “Radio Phoenix”
Using X-ray, radio, and optical data, a team of astronomers has discovered a “radio phoenix” in Abell 1033. This system contains the collision of two…
Hubble Explores the Wings of the Twin Jet Nebula
This newly released Hubble image shows the Twin Jet Nebula, which is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Astronomers have shown that the…
Ten Facts About Supernovae
Here are ten facts about supernovae that you may have not known. Somewhere in the cosmos, a star is reaching the end of its life….
Astronomers Observe a Long-Hypothesized Mechanism for Coronal Heating
A team of astronomers has observed a long-hypothesized mechanism for coronal heating in which magnetic waves are converted into heat energy. Modern telescopes and satellites…
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Delivers Sharper Images Ceres
New images from NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft reveal the small world’s features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres’ tall, conical mountain, crater formation features and narrow, braided…
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory Views Cosmic Cloud Mon R2
This new image from ESA’s Herschel space observatory reveals fierce flashes of light rippling through delicate tendrils of gas in the heart of a large…
ESO Views the Ghost of a Dying Star – Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1
A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope provides the best view to date of planetary nebula ESO 378-1. This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the…
Newly Released Hubble Image of Globular Cluster NGC 1783
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster NGC 1783, which is about 160,000 light-years from Earth. Shown here in a new image taken with…
XMM-Newton Views Turbulent Events at the Center of the Milky Way
Using the XMM-Newton X-ray Satellite, astronomers from the Max Planck Institute observe the events around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way….
Astronomers Study Textured Dust Storms on Mars
A new analysis of textured dust storms from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examines data over eight years of MGS observations and finds that such…
New Digital Calendar Celebrates 12th Anniversary of the Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA has released a new digital calendar to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Spitzer Space Telescope. The calendar showcases some of the mission’s most…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Dione for the Last Time
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has captured new images of Saturn’s moon Dione during its last close approach to the small, icy world. Two of the new…
Gradual Accumulation Planetary Pebbles Formed Gas-Giant Planets
In a newly published study a team of astronomers reveals the mystery of how Jupiter and Saturn likely formed. This discovery, which changes our view…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finishes ‘Marias Pass’ Studies, Headed to Mount Sharp
The Curiosity Mars rover has finished activities in Marias Pass and is headed onward up Mount Sharp. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is driving toward the…
ESO Views Star Cluster IC 4651
This colorful image from the European Southern Observatory shows an open cluster of stars known as IC 4651, a stellar grouping that lies at in…
Dark Energy Survey Finds New Dwarf Galaxy Candidates
The Dark Energy Survey has discovered 17 dwarf galaxy candidates in the past six months, leaving scientists to believe that there could be many more…