Unusual Form of Cosmic Precipitation Can Affect the Growth and Evolution of Galaxies
New research based on X-ray data from Chandra shows how an unusual form of cosmic precipitation can affect the growth and evolution of galaxies, slowing…
New research based on X-ray data from Chandra shows how an unusual form of cosmic precipitation can affect the growth and evolution of galaxies, slowing…
New research shows that the heliosphere is dominated by two giant jets of material shooting backwards over the north and south poles of the sun,…
Research from MIT details a new technique that analyzes data from NASA’s Kepler space observatory to determine the types of clouds on planets that orbit…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is set to be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet when it enters orbit around Ceres on Friday, March…
New observations from the Very Large Telescope along with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have revealed a dusty galaxy seen when the Universe was just…
In a new study, chemical engineers and astronomers from Cornell University reveal that Titan could harbor methane-based, oxygen-free cells that metabolize, reproduce and do everything…
This newly released Hubble image shows the T Tauri star known as V1331 Cyg. With its helical appearance resembling a snail’s shell, this reflection nebula…
Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics simulated galaxy collisions under a wide range of conditions in order to investigate the question of where the…
In a new study, astrophysicists provide for the first time solutions to decades-old equations that describe conditions as two black holes in a binary system…
A newly published study details the discovery of the brightest quasar in the early universe, powered by the most massive black hole yet known at…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a small hole on February 24 to collect sample powder from inside a rock target called “Telegraph Peak,” which is…
Paul Geithner (Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope) answers questions about building the James Webb Space Telescope and what it will allow…
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered a newly cosmic object that may help provide answers to some long-standing questions about how black holes…
Using the 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS), a team of astronomers observed Nova Delphini 2013 and discovered that the outburst is producing a…
A new comet was discovered sling-shotting around the sun by ESA/NASA’s SOHO. The comet is not from any known family of comets. A comet circles…
These new images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft show the full range of different crater shapes that can be found at Ceres’ surface: From shallow, flattish…
This four minute video outlines the MMS Mission and the phenomenon of magnetic reconnection. NASA | MMS Mission Overview Senior Project Scientist Tom Moore outlines…
This composite image used data from Herschel’s Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS), and Spitzer’s Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)…