Astronomers Detect Subtle Twist in the Relic Radiation from the Big Bang
Using data from the National Science Foundation’s South Pole Telescope and ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have made the first detection of a subtle twist…
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Astronomers Create First Cloud Map of a Planet Beyond Our Solar System
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to produce a very low-resolution ‘map’ of the exoplanet Kepler-7b. Scientists using data from NASA’s…
NASA’s Cassini Detects Propylene on Titan for the First Time
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene on Titan for the first time, solving a long-standing mystery about the solar system’s most Earthlike moon. Credit: NASA’s…
A New Hypothesis on the Nature of Black Holes
In a newly published study, scientists present a new hypothesis on the nature of black holes, challenging the current “clean” black hole model. A black…
How to Distinguish Habitable Worlds Apart from Lifeless Gas Giants
A new study demonstrates how to distinguish between cloudy mini-Neptunes and volatile-dominated super-Earths based on the differences in the wing steepness and relative depths of…
Observations Reveal How Interstellar Dust Grains Align
In a newly published study, astronomers report key observations that confirm a theory on how dust grains in interstellar space spin and organize themselves in…
Astronomers Discover a Neutron Star That has the Ability to Transform
A team of scientists has discovered that a neutron star, dubbed IGR J18245-2452, has the ability to transform from a radio pulsar into an X-ray…
ArTeMiS Improves APEX Image Quality
Engineers have successfully installed an instrument called ArTeMiS on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, resulting in significantly better image quality than earlier APEX images of the…
Astronomers Find Evidence for Densest Nearby Galaxy
Using Chandra, Hubble, and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy that weighs more than 200 times our Sun, over half of which…
Scientists Reveal Past Outburst from the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
In a newly released study, scientists from the University of Sydney detail a huge outburst of energy that occurred two million years ago from the…
Astronomers Probe the Nature of Strong Galactic Nuclear Winds
Astronomers used the Herschel Space Telescope to study twenty-four infrared luminous galaxies, revealing the presence of very fast motions in galactic nuclear winds, up to…
Astronomers Discover Enormous Arms of Hot Gas in the Coma Cluster of Galaxies
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton, researchers have discovered long arms of hot gas in the Coma cluster of galaxies. These arms span…
A Jet of Energetic Particles Reveals How Stars Begin Their Final Transformation
A newly discovered jet of high-energy particles emanating from a dying star has helped scientists better understand how stars begin their final transformation. An international…
Dwarf Galaxy M60-UCD1 – The Densest Galaxy
In a newly published study, astronomers detail the discovery of an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, called M60-UCD1, that has a stellar mass density of over one…
Researchers Discover Over 600 “Red Nugget” Galaxy Candidates
Using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database, researchers discovered more than 600 “red nugget” galaxy candidates located at distances of 2.5 to 5.7 billion light-years…
Hubble Reveals Largest Known Group of Star Clusters, Clues to Dark Matter
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered the largest known group of star clusters and have confirmed that such compact groupings can be used…
It’s Official – Voyager 1 Has Entered Interstellar Space
A newly published study has confirmed that the 36-year-old NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager…
Detailed 3D Map Reveals Peanut Shape of Milky Way’s Inner Regions
Using ESO data, two groups of scientists have produced detailed three-dimensional images of the stars that form the inner regions of our Milky Way. Two…
