‘Cosmic Lanterns’ Could Help Astronomers Understand the Fate of the Universe
New research has provided a deeper insight into emission line galaxies, used in several ongoing and upcoming surveys, to help us further understand the composition…
New research has provided a deeper insight into emission line galaxies, used in several ongoing and upcoming surveys, to help us further understand the composition…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System…
The center of our Galaxy has been intensely studied for many years, but it still harbors surprises for scientists. A snake-like structure lurking near our…
An international team of scientists reveals in the journal Nature that the neutron-star merger announced in October has solved one mystery, where gold comes from,…
An innovative interpretation of X-ray data from a cluster of galaxies could help scientists fulfill a quest they have been on for decades: determining the…
Far from earth, two black holes orbit around each other propagating waves that bend time and space. The existence of such waves — gravitational waves…
A new Chandra image shows the location of several elements produced by the explosion of a massive star. Supernova remnants and the elements they produce…
When scientists recorded a rippling in space-time, followed within two seconds by an associated burst of light observed by dozens of telescopes around the globe,…
Researchers of the Group “Fuentes de Alta Energía de la Galaxia” of the UJA, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Barcelona and its…
Astronomers have come up with a new and improved method for measuring the masses of millions of solitary stars, especially those with planetary systems. Getting…
University of Canterbury astrophysicist Dr. Simone Scaringi has made an unexpected and exciting new discovery related to the way white dwarfs grow in space. The…
The search for life beyond Earth is riding a surge of creativity and innovation. Following a gold rush of exoplanet discovery over the past two…
Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a…
Astronomers have used ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory to solve a decades-old mystery about the origin of powerful cool gas winds in the hot environs of…
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended…
Astronomers have concluded from the study of NGC 1600 and similar galaxies that the relative populations of stars of different masses in a cluster of…
Scientists measure the magnetic field of the black hole binary V404 Cygni, revealing a significantly weaker magnetic field than previously thought. Black holes are famous…
A team of astronomers, including two from MIT, has detected the most distant supermassive black hole ever observed. The black hole sits in the center…