A New Class of Magnetar-Powered Supernova
ESO’s La Silla and Paranal Observatories have demonstrated for the first time a link between a very long-lasting burst of gamma rays and an unusually…
Astrophysics News
Astronomers Believe There May Be a New Population of Circumbinary Planets
Newly published research from astronomers at Cornell University suggests that there may be a new population of circumbinary planets, which orbit around more-compact binaries (with…
Astronomers Discover a “Jupiter Twin” Around a Sun-Like Star
Using the ESO 3.6-meter telescope, an international team of astronomers has identified a planet just like Jupiter orbiting at the same distance from the Sun-like…
Fermi Views Blazar 3C 279’s Record Gamma-Ray Flare
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other satellites have recorded a record flare from a black hole at the center of the distant galaxy 3C…
Massive Black Hole Outgrows Its Galaxy, Measures Nearly 7 Billion Solar Masses
A team of scientists has discovered a black hole in the early universe that grew much faster than its host galaxy, resulting in a gigantic…
NASA’s Swift Views a New Outburst from V404 Cygni
Since June 15, astronomers have been monitoring the ongoing light show detected by NASA’s Swift satellite. This new outburst is from V404 Cygni, a binary…
Kilo-Degree Survey Shines Light on Dark Matter
The first results from the Kilo-Degree Survey have been released, helping to further expand our understanding of dark matter. The first results have been released…
Study Predicts Building Blocks for Earth-Like Planets in Every Exoplanet System in the Milky Way
A new study being presented at National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno shows that Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way are three times…
Astronomers Detail the Demographics of Transition Discs in Ophiuchus and Taurus
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the most probable explanation for the inner gap in transition disks is the influence of…
NuSTAR Reveals Hidden Black Holes
Using NuSTAR, astronomers clearly identified five supermassive black holes that were previously elusive because of their surrounding cocoons of material. Some of the “biggest and…
“Black-Hole-Scope” Provides Insight into Space Directly Surrounding a Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers used the magnifying effect of the stars to ‘zoom in’ on galaxy PKS 1830-211, revealing very small structures in the distant galaxy. The Integral,…
Astronomers Discover of a Ring of Rocks Poised to Make Planets
For the first time a team of researchers has discovered of a ring of rocks circling a very young star. These ‘pebbles’ are believed to…
New Image of Star Cluster NGC 1333 – Stellar Sparklers That Last
This newly released composite image shows star cluster NGC 1333, which is located roughly 780 light years from Earth. While fireworks only last a short…
Astronomers Reveal Nine Large Concentrations of Dark Matter
Using weak gravitational lensing the newly developed Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru telescope has revealed nine large concentrations of dark matter, each the mass of…
Scientists Expect High-Energy Explosions When Pulsar J2032 Swings Around Its Companion Star
NASA scientists are expecting high-energy explosions when pulsar J2032 swings around its massive companion star and plunges through a disk of gas and dust surrounding…
New Cosmic Model Favors “Big Rip” Demise of Universe
A fundamentally new mathematical formulation from Vanderbilt University has some significant implications for the ultimate fate of the universe. The universe can be a very…
Astronomers Discover Disilicon Carbide in Space
After decades of speculation and searching, astronomers have discovered the important dust-forming molecule Si-C-Si (disilicon carbide) in space. The space between stars is not empty…
NASA Monitors a Rare X-ray Outburst from a Stellar-Mass Black Hole
Astronomers around the world are watching the onset of a rare X-ray outburst from a stellar-mass black hole in the binary system V404 Cygni. On…