Two Merging Stars Destined to Ignite a Vast Supernova Explosion
A newly published study reveals that two massive stars at the heart of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428 should merge in 700 million years, triggering…
A newly published study reveals that two massive stars at the heart of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428 should merge in 700 million years, triggering…
Using the new extreme-AO instrument SPHERE, researchers image the prototype eclipsing post-common envelope binary V471 Tau in search of the brown dwarf that is believed…
This new image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveals more details of the dwarf planet Ceres. Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out…
In a newly published study, scientists from the Planetary Sciences Group of the UPV/EHU-University are studying images of a mysterious bulge that rose up from…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics measures the velocity distribution of the gas in a pre-stellar core, revealing the dynamics of collapsing cores…
This newly released Hubble image shows a globular cluster of stars known as Palomar 12. Panta rhei is a simplified version of the famous Greek…
Astronomers have discovered a rare red planet that has six times the mass of Jupiter, but is about the same size. Two research groups of…
This new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows supernova remnant G299.2-2.9. Because the debris fields of exploded stars, known as supernova remnants, are very…
A newly published study details the discovery of a wide-separation quadruple system composed of a young protostar and three gravitationally bound dense gas condensations. Amherst,…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a new class of binary stars; one star is fully formed while the other is still…
This short video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows a five year time-lapse of the Sun. NASA | 5-Year Time-lapse of the Sun The…
Astronomers used VLA data, combined with VIMOS IFU data and HST imaging to reveal that a supermassive black hole is explosively heating and blasting around…
This new image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a giant filament on the Sun. A dark line snaked across the lower half of the…
A new study from astrophysicists at Stockholm University provides evidence for the presence of dark matter in the innermost part of the Milky Way, including…
The latest ESA Euronews video details how science is unraveling the dark mysteries of the cosmos. ESA Euronews: The Dark Side All we can see…
Launched in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has now orbited the Red Planet more than 40,000 times. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed a mission milestone…
Using the precise data from the Kepler exoplanet mission, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have determined the rotation period measurements for 30 cool…
This four minute video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center combines data from NASA satellites and theoretical modeling to produce an unparalleled look into Eta…