Astronomers Find Surprisingly Mature Galaxies in the Very Early Universe
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who…
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who…
Over the past five years, astronomy has been revolutionized as scientists have used ripples in the fabric of spacetime, called gravitational waves, to reveal the…
An international team of astronomers has identified the farthest example of a rare class of gamma-ray emitting galaxies. The so-called BL Lacertae object was discovered…
NASA Missions Help Pinpoint the Source of a Unique X-ray, Radio Burst This is the first time one of these mysterious, repeating radio bursts has…
Astrophysicists consider that around 40% of the ordinary matter that makes up stars, planets, and galaxies remains undetected, concealed in the form of a hot…
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. The galaxy, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational…
Final Dance of Unequal Black Hole Partners Rochester Institute of Technology scientists perform first-ever simulation of large mass ratio black hole merger on Frontera. Solving…
A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation of the formation of stars and planets has been proposed by researchers at…
A small team of astronomers have found a new way to ‘see’ the elusive dark matter halos that surround galaxies, with a new technique 10…
Particles smaller than an atom hurtle through the universe nearly at the speed of light, blasted into space from something, somewhere, in the cosmos. A…
Toward a New Understanding of the Cosmos: First Light on a Next-Gen Astronomical Survey The Sloan Digital Sky Survey’s fifth generation collected its very first…
Researchers from CIERA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian put a limit on the spin of the supermassive black hole in the…
The fast radio bursts are likely generated by a magnetar, the most magnetic type of star in the universe. Fast radio bursts are extremely bright…
Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humanity has wondered how many could harbor life. Now, we’re one step closer…
Australian Scientists’ Invention Will Decipher the ‘Twinkle’ of Stars Australian scientists have developed a new type of sensor to measure and correct the distortion of…
An international team of planetary scientists led by astronomers at AOP have found an asteroid trailing behind Mars with a composition very similar to the…
Close proximity of high energy pulse suggests magnetars may be at the origin of some fast radio bursts. New data from a Canadian-led team of…
When the Universe was only a tenth of its current age its galaxies experienced a growth spurt. It was this period that the scientists in…