C60 Detected in Planetary Nebula M1-11
Using data from several telescopes, researchers have detected C60 in the planetary nebula M1-11, bringing scientists closer to understanding the prevalence and formation of C60…
Using data from several telescopes, researchers have detected C60 in the planetary nebula M1-11, bringing scientists closer to understanding the prevalence and formation of C60…
Using a high resolution imaging spectrograph, researchers have observed the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our Solar System in unprecedented detail, uncovering the chemical…
In a new study, physicists look at the conditions necessary for the formation of carbon and oxygen to form carbon-based life in the universe. Life…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and gravitational lensing, scientists have obtained new measurements of some of the oldest galaxies in the universe, revealing…
By building an asteroid-hunting space telescope called Sentinel, the B612 Foundation aims to track down the thousands of unknown asteroids that could pose a threat…
New research from Penn State suggests that the number of Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of low-mass stars is more common than previously thought….
By combining telescope observations with advanced modeling, astronomers have found a rare triple quasar, called QQQ J1519+062. For only the second time in history, a…
A team of astronomers have conducted the first remote reconnaissance of another solar system, collecting the first chemical fingerprints of this system’s four red exoplanets,…
In a new research paper, Penn State researcher Kevin Luhman describes the discovery the third-closest star system to the Sun, WISE J104915.57-531906. Both stars in…
Using the Pan-STARRS telescope, researchers discovered a very rare Type Ibn supernova on the outskirts of an elliptical galaxy. The star Eta Carinae is ready…
Using data from Chandra, ESA’s XMM-Newton, and NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, scientists made one of the most reliable estimates of the relation between the…
By observing a rare close pair of stars, known as eclipsing binaries, a team of scientists recalculated the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, refining…
A newly published study from scientists at the University of York dismisses the so-called firewall paradox and reveals new insights into the life and death…
In a soon-to-be-published paper, researchers at Vanderbilt University suggest that several million years ago the Milky Way was teaming with starforming and accretion-powered activity that…
In a newly published study, researchers report a black hole with a mass greater than three times that of the Sun in a 2.8-hour period…
Using the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton telescopes, researchers traced matter as it swirled into a black hole, resolving a long-standing debate about black holes and gaining…
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, a scientist has created a movie based on the Vela pulsar that outlines 51 months of position…
A group of astronomers used the Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites to study the X-ray variability of the active galaxy NGC 4507, finding that significant variations…