Astronomers Use Quasars to Help Navigate Spacecraft
Astronomers use quasars in a technique known as Delta-Differential One-Way Ranging to help achieve precise navigation of spacecraft in deep-space. Deep-space missions require precise navigation,…
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Astronomers Detect Subtle Twist in the Relic Radiation from the Big Bang
Using data from the National Science Foundation’s South Pole Telescope and ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have made the first detection of a subtle twist…
Hubble Views Galaxy Cluster MACS J0152.5-2852
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852. This image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852, captured in detail by the NASA/ESA…
Hubble Views a Giant, Smoldering Star
This newly released Hubble image shows the star HD 184738. This new image, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also…
Astronomers Find Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae in the Milky Way
Using Hubble observations, a new study from the University of Manchester has found that bipolar planetary nebulae located towards the central bulge of our Milky…
New Herschel Image of the Orion A Star-Formation Cloud
This new composite image from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory shows the Orion A star-formation cloud. This new view of the Orion A star-formation cloud from…
Hubble Image Shows Distant Galaxies Colliding
This newly released Hubble image shows two spiral galaxies colliding. Astronomical pictures sometimes deceive us with tricks of perspective. Right in the center of this…
Magnetar SGR 0418 Has One of the Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope, researchers have discovered that magnetar SGR 0418+5729 has one of the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. A team of…
Mars Express Captures a Radar View of the Southern Highlands of Mars
Mars Express has provided scientists with a radar view of the southern highlands of Mars, showing what lies beneath the surface. There is much more…
Hubble Views a Very Young Star Being Born
In this newly released image Hubble views a young star being born in the gas, dust, and ices of the dark cloud LDN 43. Don’t…
Hubble Survey Helps Solve “Quenched” Galaxy Mystery
Data from Hubble’s COSMOS survey helps solve the mystery of “quenched” galaxies, finding that larger galaxies were “switching off” at later times and adding their…
Hubble Views Lenticular Galaxy NGC 524
This Hubble image reveals the mysterious structure of galaxy NGC 524, which is formed by the remaining gas surrounding the galaxy’s central bulge. This striking…
XMM-Newton Sets New Record for Cosmic X-Ray Sightings
Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted, creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalog with 531,261 detections of X-ray emitting objects…
NASA’s Hubble Views NGC 4866
Hubble captured this image of NGC 4866, a lenticular galaxy situated roughly 80 million light-years from Earth. The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is the…
SOHO Views Large Coronal Hole Near the Sun’s North Pole
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory captured an image of a coronal hole hovering over the sun’s north pole. The European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric…
Baseline Configuration of Ariane 6 Selected
The baseline configuration for Europe’s Ariane 6 launch vehicle has been selected. In November 2012, European Ministers responsible for space, meeting in Naples, Italy, approved…
ESA’s Cluster Spacecraft Detects Plasmaspheric Wind
In a newly published study, researcher Iannis Dandouras details the discovery of plasmaspheric wind, providing the first conclusive proof of the existence this wind first…
Hubble Views Galaxy Pair MRK 1034
This Hubble image shows spiral galaxies PGC 9074 and PGC 9071, also known as galaxy pair MRK 1034. Looking towards the constellation of Triangulum (The…