Astronomers Discover Two Titanium Oxides in the Atmosphere of VY Canis Majoris
A team of scientists have discovered titanium oxide and titanium dioxide in the extended atmosphere around the giant star VY Canis Majoris. An international team…
A team of scientists have discovered titanium oxide and titanium dioxide in the extended atmosphere around the giant star VY Canis Majoris. An international team…
In a new study, scientists use Herschel data to view a giant cloud of gas and dust called Westerhout 3 and to study the early…
Scheduled to launch in late 2013, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft will study the Martian upper atmosphere in detail, gathering information about relevant processes so scientists can…
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova that may not completely destroy the white dwarf. Called Type Iax, this new supernova is fainter and…
Using data from the CANDELS project, scientists examine early galaxies and their specific properties, finding that star formation in blue galaxies have undergone collisions that…
In response to the newly released study that suggests Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space, NASA has released a statement stating that Voyager 1 has…
A newly published study details the drastic changes in radiation levels experienced by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on August 25, 2012, possibly showing that Voyager…
A newly published study from astronomers at the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that distant quasars teamed up to stifle the formation of small galaxies…
Based on the first 15.5 months of all-sky observations, scientists have created the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe,…
Using the International LOFAR Telescope, astronomers identified a new galaxy that is a member of a class of objects called Giant Radio Galaxies (GRGs). A…
A team of astronomers has found some of the youngest stars ever seen, giving scientists a window into the earliest and least understood phases of…
Using data from ground observations and space telescopes, researchers have identified a red dwarf and black hole that orbit each other once every 2.4 hours,…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a newly published study examines the remnant of Kepler’s supernova. The scientists found that the supernova was triggered…
A newly published study uses a new model to demonstrate ion-cyclotron resonant heating in solar wind; representing a major advance in the understanding of how…
New computer simulations suggest that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will encounter many small satellites as it nears the binary planet Pluto-Charon in 2015. In 2015,…
While using NASA’s Swift satellite to perform an X-ray survey of our galaxy’s central regions, a team of researchers discovered a young galactic supernova remnant,…
Hubble takes a closer look at ring galaxy Zw II 28 in this newly released image. Galaxies can take many forms — elliptical blobs, swirling…
This NASA image of the day shows the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) and its light echo. Light Echoes from V838 Mon What caused this…