New Research Pokes Holes in the Current Understanding of Galaxy Formation
A new study led by Marcel Pawlowski at Case Western Reserve University pokes holes in the current understanding of galaxy formation and questions the accepted…
A new study led by Marcel Pawlowski at Case Western Reserve University pokes holes in the current understanding of galaxy formation and questions the accepted…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has recorded three X-class flares emitted from the Sun in the last two days. The sun emitted a significant solar flare,…
This newly released image reveals a sample of the 132 trans-Neptunian objects observed by ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory. ESA’s Herschel space observatory has observed 132…
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics follows up on Kepler’s discoveries, revealing that exoplanets can be divided into three groups: terrestrials,…
New research presented at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society reveals that harsh space weather may strip the atmosphere of any rocky planet orbiting…
This newly released Hubble image shows type II Seyfert galaxy NGC 3081, which is located over 86 million light-years from Earth. Taking center stage in…
This new image reveals a violent, complex scene of colliding galaxy clusters more than 5 billion light-years from Earth. Astronomers using the Karl G. Jansky…
A team of astronomers has discovered the first Thorne-Żytkow object, a hybrid star formed by the interaction of a red supergiant and a neutron star…
New research from the Berkeley Lab systematically measures the strength of magnetic fields near black holes for the first time, revealing that the measured magnetic…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star, providing a glimpse into the future…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers examined a rare example of Type Ia explosion in which a dead star “fed” off an aging…
A team of astronomers has used Fermi data to reveal how blazars are distributed throughout the universe and to show the distinctive properties that define…
This new Hubble image is one of the most comprehensive pictures ever assembled of the evolving Universe. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have assembled…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as Earth and is 2.3 times larger…
This XMM-Newton image reveals a strongly magnetized, rotating neutron star and the remains of the explosion that generated it. Massive stars end their lives with…
Astronomers shed new light on the mystery of why giant elliptical galaxies have few young stars. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has shed new light on…
This newly released Hubble image shows intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1566, which is the second brightest Seyfert galaxy known. This new Hubble image shows NGC…
First released in 2002, this Hubble image of two colliding galaxies nicknamed “The Mice” has remained a fan favorite. Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the…