Chandra Reveals Black Holes Gorging at Excessive Rates
New research from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the existence of a population of black holes that is consuming extremely large amounts of material, possibly…
New research from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the existence of a population of black holes that is consuming extremely large amounts of material, possibly…
A team of astronomers reveal the first complete three-dimensional view of the famous Pillars of Creation. Using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected surface features on Pluto, revealing bright and dark regions on the surface. The images were captured in early to…
NASA’s NuSTAR has spotted a mysterious glow of high-energy X-rays at the center of our Galaxy. Astronomers aren’t sure what the sources of the extra…
These new images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show one complete rotation of Pluto and its largest moon Charon. This series of New Horizons images…
Using a telescope that robotically searches for planets on clear nights, astronomers have discovered three super-Earth mass planets orbiting HD 7924. A team of astronomers…
Researchers detail why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, revealing that the heating mechanism depends on regular, but intermittent explosive bursts…
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, the Very Large Array and the optical Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have…
A newly published study details the “missing link” between supernova explosions that generate gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and those that don’t. Astronomers using the National Science…
Since entering Mercury orbit on March 17, 2011, NASA’s MESSENGER Spacecraft has provided astronomers with over 250,000 images and extensive other data sets. The Mercury…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 5797. The smudge of stars at the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a…
New research shows that a supermassive black hole exists in a place where it isn’t supposed to be, opening a new door to understanding what…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Moscow State University have discovered 11 isolated compact elliptical galaxies that have been flung out of their…
This Hubble image of star cluster Westerlund 2 was chosen as Hubble’s 25th-anniversary image. The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resembles a…
A newly published study analyzes the time evolution of the luminosity of a cluster of Population III protostars formed in the early universe, revealing that…
Using the HARPS planet-hunting machine, astronomers have made the first-ever direct detection of the spectrum of visible light reflected off an exoplanet. The new observations…
NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, or “NExSS,” coalition brings experts from a variety of scientific fields together for an unprecedented initiative dedicated to the…
Using the WISE-2MASS infrared galaxy catalog matched with Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) galaxies, astronomers reveal a supervoid aligned with the cold spot of the cosmic microwave background….