The Large Quasar Group, the Largest Structure in the Universe
At 4 billion light-years in length, the Large Quasar Group (LQG) is the largest known structure in the universe and is some 1600 times larger…
At 4 billion light-years in length, the Large Quasar Group (LQG) is the largest known structure in the universe and is some 1600 times larger…
According to a new study presented at the American Astronomical Society, one in six stars has an Earth-sized planet in an orbit of 85 days…
Based on data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, a team of international astronomers has declared barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral galaxy….
While using the 305-meter William E. Gordon Telescope at Arecibo, researchers discovered an outburst in spiral galaxy NGC 660 that was ten times brighter than…
In a newly published study, an international team of astronomers describe how they detected and mapped outflows of charged particles from the center of our…
By analyzing planets orbiting a star called Kepler-32, astronomers at Caltech estimate that there are at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Look up…
Using the ALMA telescope, scientists have made the first direct observations of the streams of gas that flow across a gap in the disc of…
It has been roughly 100 years since cosmic rays first became an object of curiosity to the science world, but now scientists are finally close…
Using a mathematical model, in conjunction with data from radio telescopes and recent results from nuclear physics theory, researchers at the University of Southampton challenge…
SAO astronomers provide the first unambiguous evidence that Class I masers may be excited by both young (hot core) and older (UC H II) MYSOs…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists discovered that globular clusters of the same age can have dramatically different distributions of blue straggler stars…
A new survey of 18 giant black holes shows that the biggest black holes may be even bigger than previously thought, with several weighing between…
An international team of scientists used X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source to study and dissected a process in multi-million-degree space plasmas that produces…
Using data from Chandra observations of 62 nearby galaxies and data from the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey, scientists have shown that 37 of the…
By testing meteorites, a team of scientists discovered that levels of iron 60 were uniform and low in early solar system material, suggesting that that…
A newly published study reveals the first detection of radio-emitting jets moving at more than 85 percent the speed of light from a stellar-mass black…
New research showing that black holes have properties that resemble the dynamics of both solids and liquids may help scientists better understand black holes and…
Using the Submillimeter Array and another radio telescope to study the disk around protostar L1527 IRS, astronomers were able to measure properties of the circumstellar…