Lonestar Supercomputer Helps Explore Dark Matter
By combining deep-space observations with the powerful Lonestar supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, astrophysicists hope to make revolutionary discoveries about dark matter. From…
By combining deep-space observations with the powerful Lonestar supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, astrophysicists hope to make revolutionary discoveries about dark matter. From…
At the edge of the solar system, Voyager 1 is reporting a sharp increase in cosmic rays that could herald the spacecraft’s long-awaited entry into…
Using automated cloud tracking software to analyze the movements and speeds of clouds seen in hundreds of Cassini images from 2005 through 2012, scientists have…
In the constellation of Ophiuchus and about 15,000 light-years from Earth, the globular cluster Messier 10 was discovered by Charles Messier in the 18th century…
This video shares the challenges of Curiosity’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars, which is scheduled to occur at approximately 10:31 p.m….
Using data from the Subaru Telescope and optical spectroscopy from the W. M. Keck Observatory, astronomers concluded that the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220 developed…
Designed to help scientists understand why the Universe expanding at an accelerating rate, ESA’s Euclid mission received final approval and will move into the construction…
By using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and asteroseismology, the study of stars by observing their natural oscillations, scientists discovered two planets circling a sub-giant…
Using a laser altimeter on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, a team of scientists has mapped Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, finding possible evidence for…
New images from European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope show detailed images of NGC 6357, which contains a cluster of high-mass stars whose inhabitants are…
After experiencing an issue with one of its primary reaction wheels on June 8, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has now been taken out of “safe…
Simulations show that on June 16, 2012, the combined effects of two coronal mass ejections from AR 1504 compressed the magnetopause to a minimum of…
By using data gathered from instruments onboard the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists at MIT have calculated the size of snow particles…
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
Though separated by tens of millions of light-years, a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of galaxies that seem to be…
Located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, galaxy UGC 5497 is a compact blue dwarf galaxy with fast-burning stars that will…
Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft are now over 9 billion miles away from the sun. With new data indicating that the Voyager 1 has…
Newly published research shows that planets smaller than Neptune are located around a wide variety of stars, including those with fewer heavy elements than the…