Habitable Zones Near Red Dwarf Stars Smaller than Previously Thought
A newly published study reveals that habitable zones near red dwarf stars may be smaller than previously thought. The researchers believe that the exoplanets orbiting…
A newly published study reveals that habitable zones near red dwarf stars may be smaller than previously thought. The researchers believe that the exoplanets orbiting…
A newly published study maps out bright galaxies within 35 million light-years of the Earth, providing an expanded view of what lies beyond Earth’s doorstep….
Two new studies report that X-rays emanating from the hearts of nearby galaxies and galaxy clusters could be signs of particles of dark matter decaying…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has discovered one of the ten largest stars found to date, a yellow hypergiant star that is more than 1,300 times…
Researchers have imaged a glory on Venus – a rainbow-like light phenomenon observed on cloud tops that helps to identify the components of the planet’s…
Using ALMA, a team of astronomers studied the relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars, finding that protostars within 0.1 light-years of an…
A new three minute ScienceCast video looks through the biggest telescope in the history of astronomy. More than 400 years ago, Galileo turned a primitive…
This newly released Hubble image shows nebula AFGL 4104. They say the flap of a butterfly’s wings can set off a tornado on the other…
Using data from NASA’s WISE exporter, two newly published studies reveal thousands of new stars, but no evidence of “planet X.” After searching hundreds of…
By combining computer simulations with multi-band observations, two new studies examine how luminosity, star formation, dust heating, and other effects evolve during a galaxy collision….
Using the ALMA telescope, researchers discovered an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the dusty disc around the star Beta Pictoris. NASA Goddard’s Aki…
A newly published study shows that in certain circumstances a pool of dense particles normally circling Earth can extend a long arm out to meet…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have developed a new theory explaining the mystery of planet-forming disks that circle the young stars. Astronomers…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is ready to conduct its 100th flyby of Titan. Ten years ago, we knew Titan as a fuzzy orange ball about the…
Using data from Chandra and XMM-Newton, astronomers directly measured the spin of a supermassive black hole in a quasar that is located 6 billion light…
Using essentially the same type of imaging sensor found in digital cameras, astronomers have captured images of a planet outside our solar system for the…
With the aid of computer simulations of the chemistry of Earth’s own atmosphere that isolate what are called “dimer molecules,” astronomers developed a new method…
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001. The spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 looks like a dandelion caught in…