Hubble and VLA View Elliptical Galaxy Hercules A
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Array radio telescope combine to create this image of elliptical galaxy Hercules A, also known as 3C…
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Array radio telescope combine to create this image of elliptical galaxy Hercules A, also known as 3C…
Quantum physicists have shown that superfluid gases can conduct without experiencing any resistance, possibly paving the way to help model the early Universe in the…
A massive black hole, measuring 17 billion times our sun’s mass and more than 11 times as wide as Neptune’s orbit around the sun, could…
A newly published study, which examines how energy is shared between the different species of matter and how it is transferred from strongly heated electrons…
Scientists have discovered a quasar that is at least five times more powerful than any that has been observed to date. Data reveals that a…
In two new studies, scientists use data from the Herschel Space Observatory to find a correlation between the presence of massive debris discs and planetary…
An international team of scientists has conclusively demonstrated a connection between white dwarf stars that fail to completely detonate and a class of oddly dim…
Scientists have discovered l-C3H+ hydrocarbon in the interstellar medium for the first time, finding this molecule in the Horsehead Nebula in the Constellation of Orion….
A newly published study takes a closer look at WASP-12 b, a planet that is being consumed by its own star. A planet roughly 1.4…
The gigantic orange magnets at MIT were originally built decades ago to confine hydrogen nuclei in the search for nuclear fusion. However, since 1998 plasma…
Using the Planck space telescope, scientists discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting galaxy clusters Abell 399 and Abell 401. The temperature of the gas…
Using the High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics and the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope, an international…
These new images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, which is located 5,500 light-years away from Earth, show one of the clearest views ever obtained…
A newly published study describes how astrophysicists used simulations, which follow both the rules of general relativity and the laws of magnetism, to demonstrate that…
The galaxy known as MACS0647-JD is located behind an enormous galactic cluster MACS J0647+7015 that lies between the Big and Little Dipper. Data shows that…
Astronomers discovered dust around an unusual class of interacting binary stars, a highly magnetic white dwarf star that is Earth-sized but weighs about 60 percent…
Using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers discovered CFBDSIR2149, a large free-floating object near the AB Doradus Moving Group. Astronomers using ESO’s…
An international team of scientists is measuring the role of dark energy in the evolution of the universe by using a new mapping technique that…