Hubble Captures Image of Compact Blue Dwarf Galaxy UGC 5497
Located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, galaxy UGC 5497 is a compact blue dwarf galaxy with fast-burning stars that will…
Located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, galaxy UGC 5497 is a compact blue dwarf galaxy with fast-burning stars that will…
A new study challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies, finding that two supermassive black holes and their…
By examining nearby galaxies for signs of reionization, international researchers gained important insight about the Universe and how it emerged from the “dark ages.” An…
NASA’s Kepler mission discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one and now astronomers from Penn State have precisely…
It’s been known for years that the Andromeda galaxy would collide with the Milky Way, two of the largest galaxies in the Local Group, in…
NASA’s Fermi space telescope captured evidence of two gamma-ray beams that extend from the galactic center to a distance of 27,000 light-years above and below…
A large group of scientists is using radio images from the International LOFAR Telescope to study Abell 2256 and the collisions that this cluster, which…
The time to study the cosmos is now. New calculations show that the expansion of the cosmos is accelerating, galaxies are being pushed beyond our…
By combining observations from the Large Area Telescope and the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia, scientists have found a new technique for hunting pulsars. The…
In an effort to further piece cosmic evolution together, astronomers have been using a combination of modern telescopes and infrared and submillimeter techniques. Using the…
According to calculations, an exoplanet similar in size to Mercury and roughly 1,500 light years away, is slowly disintegrating and leaving behind a trail of…
Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have been routinely observed by orbiting observatories, such as NASA’s Fermi and Swift spacecraft, and astronomers are planning on using them…
New data from NEOWISE reveals a more credible estimate of the numbers and sizes of potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, within our solar system. Observations…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are more powerful than others, supporting the idea that some of…
Astrophysicists are getting closer to understanding the unexplained force that influences the laws of gravity throughout space. Newly published findings narrow down the possibilities of…
Sitting 40 million light-years away, researchers were able to gain a better understanding of 55 Cancri e and its environment. Using observations from NASA’s Spitzer…
Scientists are searching for Earth-like planets by searching near Jupiter-like planets. Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, scientists have identified 63 candidate hot Jupiter systems,…
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have been able to probe into the chemical signatures of dusky disks encircling four distant star systems. They discovered…