The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array Searches the Entire Sky 24/7
The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array has the ability to image the entire sky at radio wavelengths with unmatched speed, helping astronomers to search for…
The Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array has the ability to image the entire sky at radio wavelengths with unmatched speed, helping astronomers to search for…
New research from the Illustris project examines the changing frequency of galaxy collisions, as the universe evolves from the Big Bang to the present day….
Taken by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft, this image shows Saturn and Mimas using a spectral filter centered at 752 nanometers, in the near-infrared portion of the…
A new sequence of images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken on…
This Hubble image of the week shows elliptical galaxy NGC 3923, which is located over 90 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. NGC…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy is about six times larger and 1,000…
By mapping the radioisotope titanium-44, NASA’s NuStar reveals evidence of an asymmetrical explosion from supernova 1987A and helps to explain the mechanics of SN 1987A…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have discovered what may be the first known example of a globular cluster about to be born. Globular…
A newly published study reveals that most of the eruptions from Saturn’s moon Enceladus might be diffuse curtains rather than discrete jets. Many features that…
A newly published study examines the concentric gaps in the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star HL Tau, revealing the possibility of planets forming within…
An international team of astronomers has pushed back the cosmic frontier of galaxy exploration to a time when the universe was only 5% of its…
This newly released image from the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO telescope shows the dark molecular cloud cataloged as LDN1774. Rather than showing spectacular objects, some of the…
Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals transient liquid water and water activity at Gale Crater on Mars. Fayatteville, Arkansas – Data collected on Mars by…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now within 20 kilometers of the lunar South Pole, the closest the spacecraft has ever been to the lunar surface….
New theoretical work from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that water vapor could have been abundant in the early universe. How soon after the…
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this image reveals the 130-kilometer-wide impact crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas. The great eye of Saturn’s moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide…
This newly released Hubble image provides the clearest ever view of galaxy NGC 949, which lies over 30 million light-years away in the constellation of…
New research from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the existence of a population of black holes that is consuming extremely large amounts of material, possibly…