Gemini Planet Imager Will Begin Large-Scale Survey, Studying 600 Young Stars
The Gemini Planet Imager team will begin a large-scale survey, studying 600 young stars to see what planets orbit them. After nearly a decade of…
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New Fly-Through Video of the Ancient Flood Plain Kasei Valles
The European Space Agency has released a new five-minute fly-through movie of the ancient flood plain Kasei Valles based on the 67-image mosaic from Mars…
BOSS Measures the Scale of the Universe to an Accuracy of One Percent
Using data from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, researchers announced that they have measured the scale of the universe to an accuracy of one percent….
Hubble Views the Coma Cluster
This newly released Hubble image shows three galaxies within the Coma Cluster. In this new image Hubble peeks into the Coma Cluster, a massive gathering…
Astronomers Discover New Class of “Hypervelocity Stars”
A newly published study details the discovery of a new class of “hypervelocity stars” – stars that are moving at speeds of more than a…
Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy M83
Hubble views spiral galaxy M83, which is located 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. A photogenic and favorite target for amateur astronomers, the…
Hubble Views the Interior of Tarantula Nebula
New observations obtained as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Program view deep inside the Tarantula Nebula, revealing more than 800,000 stars and protostars embedded…
New NuSTAR Images Show the Remains of a Dead Star and Distant Black Holes
New images from NASA’s NuSTAR show the energized remains of a dead star and distant black holes buried in blankets of dust. Two new views…
“Super-Earths” May be More Earth-Like than Previously Thought
A newly published study reveals that the odds of Super-Earth exoplanets having an Earth-like climate are much greater than previously thought. Massive terrestrial planets, called…
NASA’s Swift Discovers Magnetar SGR J1745-29
New data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft have led to the discovery of a rare subclass of neutron stars and will help astronomers decipher the physical…
Chandra Reveals a Black Hole Destroying a Star in a Dwarf Galaxy
While combing through several years of Chandra data, researchers discovered a black hole destroying a star in the galaxy cluster Abell 1795. A bright, long-duration…
Discovery Provides Clues to How Galaxies and Black Holes Develop Together
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, researchers discovered more than 100 dwarf galaxies with massive black holes, providing an important step toward understanding…
Spitzer Discovers Turbulent Weather on Brown Dwarfs
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that many brown dwarfs have turbulent weather similar to Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot.” Swirling, stormy clouds may…
Hubble Provides a New Perspective on the Remote Universe
New research with the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed four unusually bright galaxies as they appeared 13 billion years ago, the deepest image ever obtained…
Astronomers Discover the First Earth-Mass Transiting Planet
While searching Kepler data for exomoons, astronomers discovered the first Earth-mass planet that crosses in front of its host star. Cambridge, Massachusetts – An international…
Five New Rocky Planets Discovered in Kepler Data
Researchers announced that ground-based follow-up observations of Kepler’s exoplanet systems have resulted in the discovery of five new rocky planets. More than three-quarters of the…
Fermi Makes First-Ever Gamma-Ray Measurements of a Gravitational Lens
Using NASA’s Fermi observatory, researchers have made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens, opening new avenues for research and providing a new way…
ALMA Views the Remains of Supernova 1987A
Astronomers used ALMA to observe the remains of Supernova 1987A, seeing for the first time the remains of a recent supernova brimming with freshly formed…