Astronomers Discover a Magnetar at the Galactic Center
An international team of astronomers has discovered a magnetar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered a magnetar at the center…
An international team of astronomers has discovered a magnetar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have discovered a magnetar at the center…
In a newly published study, UMD scientists state that Voyager 1 has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space, contradicting recent papers by…
New research from physicists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf looks at how magnetic fields can cause turbulences within “dead zones,” resulting in the formation of black holes…
Using data from the Hubble Space telescope, astronomers show that galaxies had “mature” shapes 11.5 billion years ago. Studying the evolution and anatomy of galaxies…
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope, researchers have discovered that magnetar SGR 0418+5729 has one of the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. A team of…
A new study reveals that a giant cloud of superheated gas, which is about 6 million degrees, is likely the result of a collision between…
Bound for Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft reached the halfway point on August 12, 2013 and should arrive at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. Once there,…
Using the 45m Telescope at Nobeyama Radio Observatory and the 10m ASTE telescope, scientists were able to make high-sensitivity video imaging observations of the full…
The latest ScienceCast video explores the attraction astronomers have to class of exoplanets called “hot Jupiters.” ScienceCasts: The Strange Attraction of Hot Jupiters An exotic…
Mars Express has provided scientists with a radar view of the southern highlands of Mars, showing what lies beneath the surface. There is much more…
Using the FORS1 instrument on the 8.2-meter ESO Very Large Telescope, astronomers captured a new image of galaxies NGC 799 and NGC 800. This beautiful…
In this newly released image Hubble views a young star being born in the gas, dust, and ices of the dark cloud LDN 43. Don’t…
The FastSound Project has released its first version of a 3D map of the far-distant Universe. An international team led by astronomers from Kyoto University,…
In a newly published study, physics students from the Niels Bohr Institute report the discovery of a quasar whose light has been deflected and reflected…
Data from the Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope has helped solve the mystery of the origin of the Magellanic Stream, revealing that…
Using cosmic microwave background radiation data from Planck and WMAP9, researchers look back through time at the first 100 years to 300,000 years after the…
A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope reveals a closer look at NGC 2014 and its neighbor NGC 2020. ESO’s Very Large Telescope has…
According to data from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. Watch this new four minute ScienceCast video to learn more…