Astronomers Accurately Measure a Black Hole in Galaxy M82
A team of astronomers from the University of Maryland has accurately measured a black hole in galaxy M82, revealing that is about 400 times the…
Astrophysics News
Higgs Boson May Explain the Earliest Expansion of the Universe
In a newly published study, physicists propose that the Higgs boson, which was recently confirmed to be the origin of mass, may also be responsible…
Grains Captured by NASA’s Stardust Spacecraft Are Likely from Interstellar Space
A newly published study reveals that seven tiny grains of dust captured by NASA’s Stardust Spacecraft probably came from outside our solar system, perhaps created…
Astronomers Produce New Milky Way Maps, Should Help Solve Interstellar Material Mystery
An international team of researchers has produced new maps of the material located between the stars in the Milky Way, moving astronomers closer to solving…
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…
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…
