Astronomers Detect Subtle Twist in the Relic Radiation from the Big Bang
Using data from the National Science Foundation’s South Pole Telescope and ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have made the first detection of a subtle twist…
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Astronomers Create First Cloud Map of a Planet Beyond Our Solar System
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to produce a very low-resolution ‘map’ of the exoplanet Kepler-7b. Scientists using data from NASA’s…
NASA’s Cassini Detects Propylene on Titan for the First Time
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene on Titan for the first time, solving a long-standing mystery about the solar system’s most Earthlike moon. Credit: NASA’s…
A New Hypothesis on the Nature of Black Holes
In a newly published study, scientists present a new hypothesis on the nature of black holes, challenging the current “clean” black hole model. A black…
How to Distinguish Habitable Worlds Apart from Lifeless Gas Giants
A new study demonstrates how to distinguish between cloudy mini-Neptunes and volatile-dominated super-Earths based on the differences in the wing steepness and relative depths of…
Hubble Views Galaxy Cluster MACS J0152.5-2852
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852. This image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852, captured in detail by the NASA/ESA…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Water Molecules on Mars
Analysis of the Martian soil samples taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed that water molecules are bound to fine-grained soil particles, accounting for about…
Observations Reveal How Interstellar Dust Grains Align
In a newly published study, astronomers report key observations that confirm a theory on how dust grains in interstellar space spin and organize themselves in…
Astronomers Discover a Neutron Star That has the Ability to Transform
A team of scientists has discovered that a neutron star, dubbed IGR J18245-2452, has the ability to transform from a radio pulsar into an X-ray…
ArTeMiS Improves APEX Image Quality
Engineers have successfully installed an instrument called ArTeMiS on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, resulting in significantly better image quality than earlier APEX images of the…
How NASA Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets
This short narrative looks back on how NASA engineers revamped the Spitzer Space Telescope to probe exoplanets. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA’s Spitzer Space…
Astronomers Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy
Using Chandra, Hubble, and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy that weighs more than 200 times our Sun, over half of which…
Scientists Reveal Past Outburst from the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
In a newly released study, scientists from the University of Sydney detail a huge outburst of energy that occurred two million years ago from the…
Sunrise Observatory Provides the First High-Resolution Images of the Chromosphere
Sunrise observatory provides the first high-resolution images of the chromosphere in ultraviolet light. Three months after the flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise, scientists…
Researchers Publish Galaxy Zoo 2 Catalog, Data on More than 300,000 Nearby Galaxies
With data on more than 300,000 nearby galaxies, the Galaxy Zoo 2 catalog is 10 times larger than any previous catalog of its kind. More…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Rings
This new Cassini image captures a side view of Saturn and its rings. Saturn’s rings appear to form a majestic arc over the planet in…
Astronomers Probe the Nature of Strong Galactic Nuclear Winds
Astronomers used the Herschel Space Telescope to study twenty-four infrared luminous galaxies, revealing the presence of very fast motions in galactic nuclear winds, up to…
Curiosity Fails to Detect Methane on Mars
To the surprise of many researchers, NASA’s Curiosity rover has failed to detect methane on Mars. Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian…