ALMA Views a Newborn Star Enshrouded in Dust
This newly released ALMA image shows a newborn star enshrouded in dust. This intriguing image may look like a collection of colored blobs, but it…
This newly released ALMA image shows a newborn star enshrouded in dust. This intriguing image may look like a collection of colored blobs, but it…
An international group of astrophysicists try to find out how strong the “gravitational noise” from the Milky Way is. It is widely known that our…
Using the separate universe simulations technique, researchers reveal some of the most precise measurements of the local bias – confirming the known trend that more…
NASA is reviewing 12 proposals for a future unmanned mission that will launch in the mid 2020s. The proposed missions were submitted as part of…
A newly published study reveals that the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars, not dark…
Using the light of double quasars, a team led by researchers has made the first measurements of small-scale fluctuations in the cosmic web just 2…
Using the ALMA submillimeter array, a team of astronomers form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found evidence for shocked gas near the nucleus of…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers analyzed the multiple images of a gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova for the first time. The…
Using powerful supercomputers, astronomers at Durham University reveal further evidence of the existence of dark matter – the mysterious substance that is believed to hold…
Astronomers from the University of Arizona report the first detection of diffuse hydrogen in a vast halo surrounding the Milky Way. Sometimes it takes a…
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have combined statistical studies of infrared data with submillimeter images to estimate the typical age…
Using the Subaru Telescope, astronomers create the most-extensive map of neutral hydrogen gas in the early universe. Scientists have used the Suprime-Cam on the Subaru…
This new Hubble image of the week gives us a closer look at the starburst region in NGC 4536. Galaxy formation and evolution are still…
Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers show a stellar explosion in the Orion Nebula in unprecedented detail. Stellar explosions are most…
Astrophysicists have been hard at work trying to determine how black holes can come together and merge. A newly published study from the University of…
Using the Event Horizon Telescope project, observatories around the world are ready to begin measurements of the black hole at the center of the Milky…
Astronomers have detected the presence of two planets in formation around the young star HD 169142, which is about 470 light-years away. The two planets…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have revealed stars forming within powerful outflows of material blasted out from supermassive black holes at the cores of…