Gaia Satellite Scans the Sky to Measure Positions and Motions of 1.7 Billion Stars [Video]
Launched in 2013, the Gaia satellite has been scanning the sky to measure the positions, distances and motions of more than one billion stars in…
Launched in 2013, the Gaia satellite has been scanning the sky to measure the positions, distances and motions of more than one billion stars in…
Earlier this year, an international team of scientists announced the second detection of a gravitational-wave signal from the collision of two neutron stars. The event,…
The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our…
Unusual galaxy set to prompt rethink on how structures in the universe form. Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy —…
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius (Sgr) A*. The team…
This sparkling spiral galaxy looks almost stretched across the sky in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Known as NGC 4100, the…
In a study recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, researchers Dr. Jade Powell and Dr. Bernhard Mueller from the ARC…
Researchers will observe far-flung asteroids, some with moons, to learn more about the makeup and history of our solar system Millions of asteroids roam our…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will have when loaded onto an Ariane 5 rocket…
A team of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) recently published a study revealing something unexpected about black holes:…
At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, team members are building the Coronagraph Instrument for the spacecraft and contributing to the mission’s science goals. NASA is…
In our 13.8 billion-year-old universe, most galaxies like our Milky Way form gradually, reaching their large mass relatively late. But a new discovery made with…
The Twist Marks the Spot – ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT)…
Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word “cloud” no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the…
New study uses Bayesian statistics to shed light on how extraterrestrial life might evolve beyond our planet. Humans have been wondering whether we are alone…
After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell astronomers have developed a practical model – an environmental color “decoder”…
The key to unlocking the secrets of a large group of pulsating stars has been discovered by an international team of astrophysicists. Pulsations are a…
In search for alien life, planets exactly like Earth may not be best places to look, study finds. Researchers across the globe have long tackled…