Chandra Helps to Determine What Caused Supernova SN2014J to Explode
Scientists are using Chandra data to help determine what caused the Type Ia supernova SN 2014J to explode. New data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…
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Interstellar Molecules May Be Silicon-Capped Hydrocarbons
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that interstellar molecules may be silicon-capped hydrocarbons like SiC3H, SiC4H and SiC5H. Over the vast, empty…
NuSTAR Sees Rare Event Near Supermassive Black Hole Markarian 335
NuSTAR observations reveal X-ray light streaming from regions near supermassive black hole Markarian 335. NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured an extreme and…
Early Quasars Got a “Super Boost” from Star Clusters
New research form Yale University and the Weizmann Institute shows that early quasars took in a “super boost,” feasting from large reservoirs of gas that…
Scientists Detect a Possible Signal from Dark Matter
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astrophysicists may have detected an emission line from a form of dark matter, the sterile neutrino, in the…
Calcium-Rich Supernovae Formed by Colliding White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
A new study from astrophysicists at the University of Warwick reveals that calcium-rich supernovae are likely created by white dwarf stars crashing into neutron stars….
Astronomers Discover a Bridge of Atomic Hydrogen Gas 2.6 Million Light Years Long
Using the William E. Gordon Telescope, astronomers discovered a bridge of atomic hydrogen gas 2.6 million light years long between galaxies 500 million light years…
Hubble Discovers Iax Supernova Linked to Potential “Zombie Star”
Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to view the light of a star that had lost its outer hydrogen envelope after a Type Iax supernova…
Construction to Begin on the Thirty Meter Telescope
The recent approval of a sublease brings the most advanced and powerful optical telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), one step closer to reality. With…
Cool Planet-Like Object May Have Spent Much of Its Youth as Hot as a Star
A new study details the discovery of a Y dwarf (WISE J0304-2705) that may have spent much of its youth as hot as a star….
Spitzer/IRAC Observations of the Variability of Sagittarius A*
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics measure for the first time small fluctuations in the Sagittarius A* flux over 23 continuous hours. The center…
NASA’s EUNIS Sounding Rocket Detects Best Evidence Yet For Coronal Heating Theory
NASA’s EUNIS sounding rocket mission has discovered evidence to explain why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, detecting the strongest evidence…
Hubble Discovers the Farthest Lensing Galaxy to Date
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a gravitational lens, breaking the previous record-holder by 200 million…
UKIDSS Reveals Numerous Unknown Jets of Gas from Young Stars and Planetary Nebulae
New research from UK Infra-Red Telescope reveals numerous unknown jets of gas from young stars and planetary nebulae and may prompt significant changes in the…
ALMA Reveals Double Star with Wildly Misaligned Planet-Forming Discs
Using ALMA, astronomers have discovered wildly misaligned planet-forming gas discs around the two young stars in the binary system HK Tauri. Astronomers using the Atacama…
Silicon-Capped Hydrocarbons Possible Source of Mysterious “Diffuse Interstellar Bands”
In a newly published study, scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveal silicon-capped hydrocarbons as the possible source of the mysterious “diffuse interstellar bands.”…
Astrophysicists Devise Precise Method for Calculating the Mass of Galaxies
An international group of researchers has demonstrated a more accurate method for measuring the mass of galaxies, revealing that the Milky Way has only about…
New Findings from X-Ray Instrument Settle Decades-Old Interstellar Debate
New research resolves a decades-old puzzle about a fog of low-energy X-rays observed over the entire sky, confirming the long-held suspicion that much of this…
