Quadrantids Meteor Shower Offers Winter Skywatching Spectacle
Northern hemisphere stargazers can look forward to what could be 2022’s best meteor shower on January 3-4. Observers enjoying dark skies could see 50 or…
Northern hemisphere stargazers can look forward to what could be 2022’s best meteor shower on January 3-4. Observers enjoying dark skies could see 50 or…
The spiral galaxy NGC 105, which lies roughly 215 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces, is captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble…
What’s Up for January? New year, new Moon; midnight meteors; and Mars rises. January begins with a new moon on the 2nd. And that means…
Fast Facts Origin 2003 EH1 (an asteroid or a possible “rock comet”) Radiant Constellation Bootes; originally Quadrans Muralis (now a defunct constellation) Active December 28…
By combining Hubble Space Telescope observations with theoretical models, a team of astronomers has gained insights into the chemical and physical makeup of a variety…
The triggering of star formation, and also its quenching, is regulated by young massive stars in galaxies which inject energy and momentum into the interstellar…
Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite can capture unique shots of the planet’s only natural satellite. Astronauts traveling within Earth’s largest artificial satellite—the International…
An international team of astronomers led by Stefan Kimeswenger from the Department of Astro and Particle Physics, together with scientific amateurs, has identified a new…
Researcher utilized SwRI-developed instrument on New Horizons to measure how much Lyman-alpha light the Milky Way galaxy is shining on our solar system. A new…
One of the strangest things in the cosmos might be – us. Among the thousands of planets confirmed to be in orbit around other stars,…
What Are Neutron Stars? A giant star faces several possible fates when it dies in a supernova. That star can either be completely destroyed, become…
Interview with Oliver Krause from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy about the James Webb Space Telescope. It will be the largest observatory ever stationed…
Astronomers have managed to link the properties of the inner planets of our solar system with our cosmic history: with the emergence of ring structures…
An international scientific group with outstanding Valencian participation has managed to measure for the first time oscillations in the brightness of a neutron star –…
Researchers have identified the first signature of a magnetic field surrounding a planet outside of our solar system. Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield…
Nebula [ neb-yuh-luh ]: star-forming cloud of gas and dust. Noun, plural neb·u·lae [neb-yuh-lee, -lahy] These four nebulae are known for their breathtaking beauty: the…
What Are Supernovae? A supernova is the colossal explosion of a star. Scientists have identified several types of supernova. One type, called a “core-collapse” supernova,…
The more than 70 sunless worlds are each roughly the mass of Jupiter. Using observations and archival data from several of NSF’s NOIRLab’s observatories, together…