Astronomers Discover Evidence of a ‘Direct-Collapse Black Hole’
A newly published study details evidence for a direct collapse black hole in the Lyman α source CR7. Astronomers Aaron Smith and Volker Bromm of…
Cosmology News
Hubble Image Reveals ‘Stellar Fireworks’ in Kiso 5639
New research shows that a stellar fireworks show is lighting up one end of galaxy Kiso 5639. Astronomers suggest that the frenzied star birth is…
Low-Mass Black Hole May Represent New Population
By combining data from Chandra and several other telescopes, astronomers have identified the true nature of an unusual source in the Milky Way galaxy. This…
Astronomers Discover X-Ray Echoes from a Black Hole That Shattered a Passing Star
Using data from the Swift Satellite, astronomers have identified the reflections of X-ray flares erupting from a star that was shattered by a black hole….
Young Star FU Orionis May Hold Clues to Planet Formation
By combining data from two telescopes collected over a 12-year interval, astronomers were able to gain a unique perspective on FU Orionis. In 1936, the…
Astronomers Study T-Tauri Stars in the Chamaeleon Star-Forming Region
New research on young (T-Tauri) stars in the Chamaeleon and Rho Ophiuchus star-forming regions has determined their ages as being between about five-six million years…
New Reseach Shows Cloudy Days on Hot Jupiters May Hide Atmospheric Water
New research suggests that as much as half of the water in the atmospheres of exoplanets may be blocked by clouds or hazes. Water is…
CEMP Stars Could Host Carbon Planets
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggests that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of…
Hubble Image of the Week – Dwarf Galaxy UGC 4879
This newly released Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy UGC 4879, which is located about 4 million light years away. The drizzle of stars scattered across…
The Canarias Einstein Ring – A Newly Discovered Einstein Ring
A newly published study details the discovery of a new Einstein Ring, a rare image of a distant galaxy lensed by gravity. In his seminal…
Hubble Reveals Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected. “This surprising finding may be…
New Models Show That Kepler-62f Might Be Able To Sustain Life
New research reveals that a distant planet known as Kepler-62f could be habitable. The planet, which is about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the direction…
Lund Astronomers Believe Planet 9 Was an Exoplanet
New research details how Planet 9 may have once been an exoplanet “captured” by our sun billions of years ago. Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers…
Hubble Image of the Week – Globular Cluster NGC 6496
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster NGC 6496, which is located about 35,000 light-years away. This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home…
Supermassive Black Holes in ‘Red Geyser’ Galaxies Suppress Star Formation
New research details the discovery of a new class of galaxies, called “red geysers,” with supermassive black hole winds so hot and energetic that stars…
SDO Views Coronal Hole in Our Sun
This new image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a coronal hole in our sun. This imagery of the sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics…
Astronomers Discover Clues For How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly
Using the combined data from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer, atronomers have found evidence that some early supermassive black holes formed directly from the collapse of…
Hubble Telescope Close-up of the Red Planet
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers captured this striking image of Mars, when the planet was 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) from Earth. The…