Astronomers Dissect the Remains of Supernova 1987A
Using radio telescopes in Australia and Chile, astronomers were able to see inside the remains of a supernova 1987A and distinguish radiation being emitted by…
Using radio telescopes in Australia and Chile, astronomers were able to see inside the remains of a supernova 1987A and distinguish radiation being emitted by…
Using the Submillimeter Array to study the magnetic field in a massive star cluster, astronomers were able to determine the properties of the magnetic field…
Using the MAGIC telescopes at La Palma, astronomers have recorded an extreme event coming from the regions immediately surrounding a supermassive black hole located in…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a similar diversity in the debris systems that coincide with the formation of exoplanets, suggesting that there…
Observations from the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) have revealed a surprising surplus of infrared light in the dark space between galaxies, redefining what astronomers…
A newly published study details how scientists developed a new way to use gravitational waves to measure the expansion rate of the universe. In a…
While testing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array’s new high-resolution capabilities, astronomers captured the best image ever of planet formation around an infant star. This revolutionary…
Using NASA’s ultra-high-speed cannon and computer models to simulate asteroid collisions, researchers from Brown University show how Vesta may have gotten the deep grooves that…
In a new study, astronomers reveal that the bizarre object known as G2 is most likely a pair of binary stars that had been orbiting…
In a new study, theoretical physicists from Case Western Reserve University suggest that dark matter may be massive and that the Standard Model may account…
A new four minute ScienceCast video previews the first-ever landing on a comet. Showing how difficult it will be for the Philae lander since comet…
Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have discovered exozodiacal light close to the habitable zones around nine nearby stars. This light is starlight reflected…
New research from astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that water in our solar system almost certainly derives in large part from interstellar…
Newly published research reveals that dark matter is being swallowed up by dark energy, offering novel insight into the nature of dark matter and dark…
New Hubble data reveal the glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that were gravitationally ripped apart several billion years ago and provide important steps…
New research details the discovery of a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner reaches of the double star system…
In a newly published study, physicists propose that parallel universes really exist and that they interact and influence one another by a subtle force of…
Yale astronomers and the Planet Hunter program have discovered a low-mass, low-density planet that has a highly inconsistent orbit time around its sun. The new…