Harvard Astrophysicists Reveal the Origin of Binary Stars
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have concluded from a systematic study of very young cores that most embryonic stars form in multiple systems,…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have concluded from a systematic study of very young cores that most embryonic stars form in multiple systems,…
A team of astronomers watch as a failed solar eruption occurs on the surface of the Sun, leaving astronomers with a wealth of data captured…
A submillimeter study of a different massive dusty galaxy in the early universe uses carbon monoxide gas to characterize the interstellar medium and determine the…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examines six dense cores in a nearby star formation region, revealing that magnetic effects are primarily important…
Scientists developed a technique to identify ancient asteroid families, revealing the oldest known asteroid family in the inner region of the main asteroid belt. Southwest…
New results from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) reveal the most accurate measurement of dark matter structure in the universe, and support the view that…
Using data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, astronomers have detected a type of wave called g-modes on the Sun. After four decades…
Below is a short list of the major accomplishments to date of NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 Spacecraft during their 40 years of exploration….
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have detected massive young stars forming in the outer part of the Scutum-Centarus Arm (OSC), the outermost portions…
This newly released Hubble image shows the tiny galaxy NGC 1510 and its colossal neighbor NGC 1512 at the beginning of their lengthy merger. The…
Using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a team of astronomers has found what looks like three different generations of baby stars within the Orion Nebula Cluster….
Using NEOWISE data from the four-band and three-band cryogenic phases of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, astronomers reveal that large, distant comets are more…
Astronomers have compared the Hubble image of Abell 2744 to simulations of dark matter lensing and found excellent agreement, indicating that current models of dark…
Scientists are capitalizing on a direct connection between the largest cosmic structures and the smallest known objects to use the universe as a “cosmological collider.”…
The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project has discovered its first substellar object, WISEA J110125.95+540052.8 – a T5.5 brown dwarf located approximately 34 pc…
A team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has discovered the smallest star to date. The star is about the size of Saturn….
By studying the distribution of the X-rays and their properties in the giant molecular cloud known as W51, astronomers are trying to better understand the…
By combining two-fluid global hydrodynamics simulations with a radiative transfer code, astronomers from the University of Arizona track and investigate the observational signatures of super-Earths….