The Wild Weather of Hot Jupiters
A newly published study and a four minute video from NASA Science explore the wild weather on exoplanets known as hot Jupiters. Among the hundreds…
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Hubble Views a Starburst Galaxy
Using the Wide Field Camera 3, Hubble captured this new image of starburst galaxy J125013.50+073441.5. This beautiful, glittering swirl is named, rather un-poetically, J125013.50+073441.5. A…
Computer Simulations Help Reveal the Inner Workings of Galaxy Formation
A newly published study details how galaxies form, using computer simulations to reveal that cool gas flows into the centers of galaxies along filaments where…
Evolution of the EBL Over the Past 5 Billion Years Measured for the First Time
A new study details how researchers used data from blazars to measure the evolution of the EBL over the past five billion years for the…
New Distance Measurement of SS Cygni Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery
Using VLBA and the European VLBI Network, astronomers were able to accurately measure the distance to double-star system SS Cygni, resolving a major problem in…
New Hubble Data Helps Reveal Ring Nebula’s True Form
By using data from the Hubble Space Telescope combined with infrared data from ground-based telescopes, researchers were able to view the Ring Nebula’s true shape…
Magnetars More Diverse Than Previously Thought
New data has revealed that magnetars may be more diverse, and common, than previously thought. Researchers believe these findings with help them better understand supernova…
New Image of IC 2944 Helps VLT Celebrate 15 Years of Success
ESO’s Very Large Telescope celebrates 15 years of success with a new image of the stellar nursery IC 2944. With this new view of a…
Model of Sun’s Magnetic Field Revealed
New research from the University of Leeds and University of Chicago reveals a model of Sun’s magnetic field. Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and…
Study Reveals Turbulence Responsible for Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares
In a newly published study, researchers from John Hopkins University detail the role of turbulence in magnetic field misbehavior of solar flares. When a solar…
Herschel Discovers Massive Merging of Two Galaxies
The Herschel Space telescope has discovered a massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old. The…
Detailed Hubble Image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula
Hubble reveals the full beauty of a bull’s eye pattern of eleven or so concentric rings around the Cat’s Eye Nebula, also known as NGC…
NASA’s Lunar Program Detects Bright Explosion on the Moon
NASA’s lunar monitoring program detected a bright impact on the Moon when a meteoroid hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium. The resulting flash was…
Curiosity Rover Drills Second Rock Target
NASA’s Curiosity rover has completed the drilling of the second rock sample on Mars and should deliver portions of the sample in coming days to…
New Planck Data Challenges Our Understanding of the Universe
New data from Europe’s Planck satellite challenges our understanding of the Universe, suggesting that Universe may be different on scales larger than those we can…
KAT-7 Watches As Neutron Star Gobbles Up Its Companion Star and Fires the Matter Out
In a new study, astronomers detail their observations of a neutron star system known as Circinus X-1. Using the Karoo Array Telescope, they view the…
CoRoT Sol 1 Discovery Helps Unveil the Future of the Sun
Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have discovered a star that has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. This solar twin will…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission to Collect Asteroid Sample Moves Into Development Phase
NASA’s mission to bring a sample of an asteroid back to Earth is underway. OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in 2016 and will rendezvous with…