Hubble Space Telescope Views the Globular Cluster Messier 10
In the constellation of Ophiuchus and about 15,000 light-years from Earth, the globular cluster Messier 10 was discovered by Charles Messier in the 18th century…
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ULIRG Arp 220 Developed From a Multiple Merger of Four or More Galaxies
Using data from the Subaru Telescope and optical spectroscopy from the W. M. Keck Observatory, astronomers concluded that the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220 developed…
ESA’s Euclid Mission Receives Final Approval
Designed to help scientists understand why the Universe expanding at an accelerating rate, ESA’s Euclid mission received final approval and will move into the construction…
Two Planets Separated by Less Than 5 Earth Moon Distances
By using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and asteroseismology, the study of stars by observing their natural oscillations, scientists discovered two planets circling a sub-giant…
NASA’s Mars Odyssey Orbiter Out of Precautionary ‘Safe Mode’
After experiencing an issue with one its primary reaction wheels on June 8, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has now been taken out of “safe mode”…
Two Coronal Mass Ejections Strongly Compressed the Magnetopause
Simulations show that on June 16, 2012, the combined effects of two coronal mass ejections from AR 1504 compressed the magnetopause to a minimum of…
CO2 Snow Particles on Mars Are About the Size of Red Blood Cells
By using data gathered from instruments onboard the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists at MIT have calculated the size of snow particles…
NuSTAR to Scan Supernovas and Help Improve Computer Simulations
Using the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astrophysicists will scan debris from supernovas to better understand how they work and use that information to figure out…
Hubble Image Shows Chance Alignment Between Galaxies
Though separated by tens of millions of light-years, a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of galaxies that seem to be…
Hubble Captures Image of Compact Blue Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5497
Located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, galaxy UGC 5497 is a compact blue dwarf galaxy with fast-burning stars that will…
Worlds like Earth Could Have Formed Earlier Than Expected
Newly published research shows that planets smaller than Neptune are located around a wide variety of stars, including those with fewer heavy elements than the…
Seeing Galaxy HDF850.1 As it Was 12.5 Billion Years Ago
Using the IRAM interferometer on the Plateau de Bure, scientists from the Max Planck Institute were able to accurately measure the distance of galaxy HDF850.1,…
Cassini Detects Methane Lakes on Titan
Using its visual and infrared mapping spectrometer, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected methane lakes in the tropical region known as Shangri-La on Saturn’s moon Titan….
Study Challenges Prevailing Ideas About How Supermassive Black Holes Grow
A new study challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies, finding that two supermassive black holes and their…
Ultrafine Loops of Solar Material Scattered on the Sun’s Surface
Using images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and the New Solar Telescope to study the sun and the dynamics behind solar explosions, scientists discovered narrow…
Scientists Find No Evidence of Cosmic Textures in Space
Scientists have completed their search for the existence of knots in the fabric of space using data from NASA’s WMAP satellite, finding no evidence of…
Understanding How Reionization Moved Through the Universe
By examining nearby galaxies for signs of reionization, international researchers gained important insight about the Universe and how it emerged from the “dark ages.” An…
Fermi Detects the Highest-Energy Light Ever Associated With an Eruption on the Sun
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope recently detected a solar flare that produced enough gamma rays to briefly make the sun the brightest object in the…
