Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers make a direct comparison between observations and chemical models for oxygen species in conditions just before star…
A combination of infrared and X-ray observations indicates that a surplus of massive Stars has formed from a large disk of gas around Sagittarius A*….
European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft witnesses the awakening of the mission’s target comet. The comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, target of ESA’s Rosetta mission, has begun to develop…
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a new model that shows the chemical signature of a star element by element and reveals how that signature…
New images taken by Hubble’s super-sensitive Advanced Camera for Surveys provide a detailed look at Saturn’s stormy aurorae, revealing previously unseen dynamics in the choreography…
This Hubble image of the day shows nearby spiral galaxy Messier 106. This image combines Hubble’s observations of Messier 106 with additional information captured by…
Using a map of the galactic landscape that covers approximately two thirds of the whole region of the Milky Way, astronomers estimate the time scale…
Using the Gemini Planet Imager, astronomers have identified the orbit and the size of exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. Using one of the world’s largest telescopes,…
New data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured. Jupiter’s trademark Great…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers believe they’ve found the partner star of a magnetar for the first time, helping to explain the formation of…
A newly released video from NASA shows a pair of neutron stars colliding and ripping each other apart to form a black hole. This supercomputer…
Researchers at the University of Montreal have discovered a gas giant exoplanet, called GU Psc b, that is around 2,000 times the Earth-Sun distance from…
A new exomoon detection technique is the first method that has been demonstrated to allow detection of moons akin to those in the Solar System….
A newly published study from astronomers at Yale University reveals that diamond planets may be more common than previously thought. Carbon-rich planets may be more…
Using the new Integral Field Unit instrument VIRUS-W in conjunction with the 2.7-meter Harlan J. Smith Telescope, astronomers discovered that stars at the centers of…
Astrophysicists used computer simulations of a typical galaxy merger to show that collisions change the nature of the turbulence in the galactic gas of galaxies,…
This newly released Hubble image shows irregularly shaped galaxy NGC 4485. This image shows galaxy NGC 4485 in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics use Spitzer observations to study the massive star-forming regions W5-east, S235, S252, S254-S258, and NGC7538, revealing clusters of…