Scientists Use Real Data to Measure the Cosmos
Scientists from the Imperial College London have used data, rather than calculations related to general relativity, to measure large distances in the Universe for the…
Scientists from the Imperial College London have used data, rather than calculations related to general relativity, to measure large distances in the Universe for the…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have detected Pluto-size objects around an adolescent Sun-like star. Scientists used the…
A team of astronomers has just completed the most extensive polarization survey of stars to date, detecting magnetic fields on sixty-seven stars with twenty-one of…
This new Chandra image shows NGC 2207 and IC 2163, which have hosted three supernova explosions in the past 15 years and have produced one…
Astronomers used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to identify spiral arms of molecular gas and dust around binary protostars, revealing for the first…
Using data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory and NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered a new feature in the evolution of galaxies….
New research reveals that planets in the habitable zone of low-mass stars may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of intense…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope to monitor the variability of light from 882 previously identified young stellar objects, astronomers confirm that probably all YSOs are…
A new study examines in what sense a neutron star-black hole binary could be the ‘holy grail’ for testing gravity. The intermittent light emitted by…
Astronomers have discovered a new example of a very rare type of galaxy that may yield valuable insight on how galaxies developed in the early…
Using the W. M. Keck Observatory, scientists have developed a new way of measuring precise distances to galaxies tens of millions of light-years away. The…
Using data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have pioneered a new method to evaluate the turbulence of the…
Using the 2.5-meter Nordic Optical Telescope, astronomers have measured the transit of exoplanet 55 Cancri e — this is the first time that a super-Earth…
This new ESO image shows bright star cluster NGC 3532, which is located roughly 1,300 light-years away. NGC 3532 is a bright open cluster located…
A team of scientists has developed a new method that allows them to estimate the magnetic field of a distant exoplanets. Using this method they…
Scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have succeeded in determining ancient solar nebula magnetic field strength by measuring the field recorded in chondrules from…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal details of supernova remnant MSH 11-62 and G327.1-1.1. A supernova that signals the death of a massive…
Using data from NASA’s Swift satellite and observations from many other facilities, an international team of astronomers has discovered an unusual source of light in…