Astronomers Find a New Example of a Very Rare Type of Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early…
Astronomers have discovered a new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early…
Using the Keck Interferometer, new research shows that mature, sun-like stars appear to be, on average, not all that dusty. This is good news for…
Using the W. M. Keck Observatory, scientists have developed a new way of measuring precise distances to galaxies tens of millions of light-years away. The…
Using a combination of data from Cassini’s December 2000 Jupiter flyby and laboratory experiments, new research suggests effects of sunlight produce the color of Jupiter’s…
NASA scientists are developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars by the 2030s. In the not-too-distant future,…
Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have pioneered a new method to evaluate the turbulence of the…
Using the 2.5-meter Nordic Optical Telescope, astronomers have measured the transit of exoplanet 55 Cancri e — this is the first time that a super-Earth…
This newly released Hubble image shows LINER galaxy NGC 4102, which is located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope…
This new ESO image shows bright star cluster NGC 3532, which is located roughly 1,300 light-years away. NGC 3532 is a bright open cluster located…
This newly released Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy UGC 1281 and galaxy PGC 6700. The galaxy cutting dramatically across the frame of this NASA/ESA Hubble…
A team of scientists has developed a new method that allows them to estimate the magnetic field of a distant exoplanets. Using this method they…
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have succeeded in determining ancient solar nebula magnetic field strength by measuring the field recorded in chondrules from…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal details of supernova remnant MSH 11-62 and G327.1-1.1. A supernova that signals the death of a massive…
Using data from NASA’s Swift satellite and observations from many other facilities, an international team of astronomers has discovered an unusual source of light in…
Using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered alignments between supermassive black hole axes separated by billions of light-years. New observations with ESO’s…
This close-up image of a Martian rock has provided scientists with evidence about wet environmental conditions in the ancient past on Mars. This close-up view…
This newly released image of Saturn’s uppermost cloud layers was taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on August 23, 2014. Nature is an artist,…
This new six-minute animated video (below) details NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a…