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Using data from both Chandra and XMM-Newton, astronomers discovered two flaring objects in two different…
Data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and computer modeling show an approximation of what various…
Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, a team of astronomers reveals the Eta Carinae star…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXECwlnJWSo This video compares the two models for particle distribution over the course of just…
New images from the MAVEN mission show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in…
This new Cassini image shows Saturn’s moon Pandora in isolation beside Saturn’s kinked and constantly…
Using the ALMA telescopes, astronomers discovered a circumstellar disk around the star EPIC 204278916 and…
This newly released Hubble image shows an open star cluster NGC 299. It may be…
Using ESO’s infrared VISTA telescope, astronomers have discovered ancient stars, of a type known as…
A new study of Hubble’s deep-field surveys reveals that at least 10 times more galaxies…
A newly published study reveals that a random bombardment by comets, asteroids and associated fragments…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the nearby star Proxima Centauri…
New research shows that ultraviolet light from stars plays a key role in creating molecules…
In preparation for looking for the first generation of galaxies, the facility has published the…
This newly released Hubble Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy NGC 278. This cosmic beauty…
Hubble observations have revealed a string of super-hot blobs, each with a temperature of more…
Astronomers have discovered a striking spiral-arm structure in the disc of gas and dust around…