Hubble Uses Gravitational Lensing to Magnifying the Distant Universe
This newly released Hubble image uses gravitational lensing to get a better look at distant galaxy clusters. Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive…
This newly released Hubble image uses gravitational lensing to get a better look at distant galaxy clusters. Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive…
CfA astronomers used the Submillimeter Array to probe the transition disk around Sz 91, finding that it is more like a ring than a disk…
Using more than 2 million infrared snapshots taken over the past 10 years by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers created a new 360-degree mosaic of…
The senior astronomer at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute believes that researchers will find life in space in this century. Are we alone in…
In a newly published study, NASA’s Van Allen Probes reveal that a persistent pattern of high-energy electrons in the inner radiation belt, which resembles slanted…
This NASA image of the day shows Jupiter’s Great Red Spot assembled from three black and white negatives from NASA’s Voyager 1. At about 89,000…
A new 3D model provides new insight into the turbulent death throes of supernovas, showing a turbulent interior that spits out star remnants prior to…
Using data from the Herschel satellite, astronomers completed the largest census of dust in the local Universe, the Herschel Reference Survey. An international team of…
Researchers have discovered the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation, confirming a deep connection between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Almost 14 billion years ago,…
A newly published study from the Carnegie Institute resolves a decades-old paradox between thermal history models and estimates of Mercury’s contraction, showing that Mercury contracted…
Using a technique known as a “pi transfer,” – a technique that uses the gravity of Saturn’s moon Titan to alter the orbit of the…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 5793, which is located 150 million light-years away. This new Hubble image is centered on…
Using ten years’ worth of optical, infrared, and X-ray data on LMC X-3, astronomers developed a model that can successfully explain the workings of an…
An international team of astronomers has viewed a dense disk and a bright funnel at the center of the Circinus galaxy. A research team led…
Hubble views the disintegration of asteroid P/2013 R3, providing detailed observations that pinpoint the process responsible. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen…
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…