ALMA Reveals the Mystery of Missing Massive Galaxies
Using data from the ALMA telescope, astronomers shed new light on galaxy formation, finding evidence that some growing galaxies spew out more gas than they…
Using data from the ALMA telescope, astronomers shed new light on galaxy formation, finding evidence that some growing galaxies spew out more gas than they…
Using data from the Southern African Large Telescope and NASA’s WISE, astrophysicists documented the immense power of quasar radiation, seeing for the first time the…
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers observed gas emissions from Comet ISON, estimating that ISON is emitting about 1 million kilograms of what is most…
In a new study, scientists from Brown University suggest that certain valleys on Mars appear to have been caused by runoff from orographic precipitation. Providence,…
This popular image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Stephan’s Quintet. NGC 7320 is 40 million light-years from Earth and the other four members of…
Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted, creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalog with 531,261 detections of X-ray emitting objects…
A new four minute ScienceCast video and new Cassini RADAR Team study examine the surface of Titan, trying to explain the mystery of the missing…
New climate model research from astronomers at the University of Washington suggests that planets orbiting cooler stars may be more likely to remain ice-free than…
Hubble captured this image of NGC 4866, a lenticular galaxy situated roughly 80 million light-years from Earth. The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the…
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured an image of a coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole. The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of over 30,000 stars in globular cluster 47 Tucanae, astronomers have revealed a link between…
Using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, astronomers have discovered a CO snow line in an infant solar system. A snow line has…
In two new studies, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reveals details about the Martian atmosphere and clues about how Mars may have lost much of its original…
Update September 15, 2020: New research indicates that neutron star collisions do not actually produce that much gold. A new study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center…
As the search for habitable planets continues, astronomers detail how they determine which exoplanets have all the right conditions for life to thrive. There is…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
Using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory, astronomers watch in real time as a gas cloud is being ripped apart by the…
This three minute video from NASA details and explains the journey of sungrazing comets, like comet ISON, as they round the sun. Comet ISON, which…