Emission Spectrum From Blazar PKS 1424+240 Deviates From Expectations
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers noticed that the emission spectrum from blazar PKS 1424+240 deviated from what was expected, possibly indicating something…
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New Image of SN 1006 Provides New Details About the Remains of an Exploded Star
A newly released image of SN 1006 provides new details about the remains of an exploded star that was witnessed from Earth over a millennium…
Changes to Algorithm Improve Analysis of the Evolution of Quasars
By improving an algorithm that is important for studying quasars, astrophysicists determined the radio and optical luminosity evolutions for a set of more than 5000…
Astronomers Discover Earliest Starburst Galaxy Ever Observed
A large team of astronomers has discovered the earliest starburst galaxy ever observed. Occurring just 880 million years after the Big Bang, HFLS3 is a…
How to Target and Collide With a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
While some NASA scientists work to capture and explore an asteroid, other NASA scientists are calculating how to target and collide with an asteroid, running…
NASA’s Swift Discovers Three Unusually Long-Lasting Stellar Explosions
In three new studies, astronomers discuss the three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions that were discovered by NASA’s Swift satellite and represent a previously unrecognized class…
NASA’s Wind Mission Data Reveals ‘SLAMS’ Waves
A new study examines the data from NASA’s Wind spacecraft, which traveled through the foreshock region in front of Earth 17 times from 1998 –…
Titan’s Methane May Run Out
Based on Cassini data, scientists believe that Titan’s methane-based hydrocarbon features may be passing phenomena, the after-effects of a gigantic outburst of methane released from…
Researchers Assess the Surface of Europa for Materials Representing Ocean Composition
In a new study, researchers assessed the amount of sulfate hydrates (compared with relatively pristine water) in the surface ice in five widely distributed areas…
Hubble Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768
This new Hubble image shows the dusty details of elliptical galaxy NGC 2768. The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy…
Signs of Winter on Titan – Ice Cloud Forming at Titan’s South Pole
Researchers have detected an ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole. This is a sign of winter weather on Titan and the first time…
New Study Challenges Planck Results
A new study from researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics challenges the inflation model, arguing that the new Planck results are actually too good….
NASA Captures Image of an M6.5 Class Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
The First Systematic Analysis of the Energy Distribution of Interacting Galaxies
Using new observations of thirty-one interacting galaxies in fourteen systems, a new study details the first systematic analysis of the energy distribution of interacting galaxies…
Astronomers Discover a Blue Supergiant Star Born Outside the Milky Way
Using the Subaru Telescope, the CFHT and NASA’s GALEX, astronomers reveal unprecedented views of the star formation process of a Blue Supergiant star located in…
Asteroid Retrieval Initiative – NASA Plans To Capture & Explore an Asteroid
NASA’s new budget proposal includes a plan to capture a small near-Earth asteroid so they can safely study and explore it. The below video shows…
ESO Views Glowing Planetary Nebula IC 1295
This new image from the VLT is the most detailed picture ever taken of planetary nebula IC 1295. This intriguing new picture from ESO’s Very…
Astronomers Discover Rain Falling From Saturn’s Rings
Using the W. M. Keck Observatory, researchers reveal the effects of charged water particles on Saturn’s upper atmosphere. NASA funded observations from the W. M….