ESO’s Very Large Telescope Views the Toby Jug Nebula
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers captured new images of the Toby Jug Nebula. ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a remarkably detailed image…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers captured new images of the Toby Jug Nebula. ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a remarkably detailed image…
Using new techniques to suppress Neptune’s glare, astronomers view Neptune’s innermost moon for the first time since it was discovered by Voyager 1989. Neptune’s tiny,…
A new study from Yale University shows that scientists can create and control a large quantum mechanical system built on photons, suggesting that they might…
A team of scientists has discovered the first definitive proof of a comet striking Earth millions of years ago. The first ever evidence of a…
Using the Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere facility in Germany, researchers were able to create clouds at the frigid temperatures typically found on…
A new study shows that planet 55 Cancri e is less likely to consist largely of diamond, revealing that the carbon-to-oxygen ratio appears to be…
A newly published study takes a closer look at the “inside” of Einstein’s brain, revealing that the unusually well connected right and left hemispheres of…
The ALMA Observatory has received the final antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array project. The final antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)…
Using satellite images and airborne radar measurements, a team of scientists has discovered giant channels of ice beneath the Antarctic ice shelf. Scientists have discovered…
A new study examines runaway binary LP400-22, providing key insights into runaway stars, white-dwarf binaries, and the complex interactions going on in dense stellar clusters….
Through the use of transmission electron microscopy and a unique graphene liquid cell, Berkeley Lab researchers recorded the three-dimensional motion of DNA connected to gold…
A new analysis of little-explored regions of the human genome has revealed dozens of cancer triggers. A massive data analysis of natural genetic variants in…
New research from scientists at the University of Rochester reveals that the Fomalhaut star system contains a third star, Fomalhaut C. The nearby star system…
An international team of astronomers has observed an infrared dark cloud surrounding a baby star that is about ten times larger than those found around…
Based on images and topographic data, new research shows that the Eden Patera basin on Mars is a volcanic caldera, not an impact crater. A…
This seven-minute Hubblecast video helps explain how Hubble “looks back in time” to see the Universe as it was billions of years ago. Hubblecast 68:…
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 2452. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2452, located in the…
By focusing an ultrashort laser beam onto a graphene oxide polymer, researchers have developed a new material for multimode optical recording. Swinburne University of Technology…