For the first time, a team of astronomers has detected repeating short bursts of radio…
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Hubble Team Breaks Cosmic Distance Record NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is an amazing time machine;…
New research suggests that future searches for habitable planets and for the signals from extraterrestrial…
New research confirms that the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone is not centered on the…
New observations from NASA’s MAVEN Mission have scientists closer to solving the mystery of how…
Showcased at the center of this newly released NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an…
A newly published study uses IBEX data and simulations of the interstellar boundary to better…
An international team of astronomers used a combination of radio and optical telescopes to identify…
A newly published study from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves reveals that…
Newly published research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that the burst detected by…
Astronomers have completed the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL). A spectacular…
A new study details how a team of X-ray astronomers used lensed radio galaxies to…
Newly published research details the varying surface temperatures on Saturn’s moon Titan at two-year intervals,…
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn’s moons Tethys, Enceladus, and Mimas. Three of Saturn’s…
This newly released Hubble image shows Wolf–Rayet star WR 31a. Sparkling at the center of…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has measured the rotation rate of…
Surrounded by dust, this new Hubble image shows the young forming star known as HBC…
New images from the New Horizons Spacecraft suggest that Pluto’s moon Charon once had a…