Chandra Reveals Shock Heated Gas in Colliding Galaxies
Using images and spectra from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers discovered evidence of shock-heated gas moving at speeds of about 2200 kilometers per second in…
Using images and spectra from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers discovered evidence of shock-heated gas moving at speeds of about 2200 kilometers per second in…
Using some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, astrophysicists ran simulations charting the forces of the universe in its first hundreds of millions of years…
A composite image from Hubble and Sloan Digital Sky Survey data reveals how Milky Way-like galaxies have evolved over time. This composite image shows examples…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, a newly published study reveals the first visual evidence of how the Milky Way has evolved over the…
Using data from NASA’s WISE and GALEX missions, astronomers have gathered new evidence for the “inside-out” theory of galaxy growth, showing that bursts of star…
Using Suzaku’s X-ray telescopes to make 84 observations of the Perseus Cluster, researchers discovered that most of the universe’s heavy elements, including the iron central…
UC San Diego cosmochemists demonstrated that a chemical reaction, governed by known physical principles, can generate silicate dust with oxygen anomalies that match those found…
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they developed and used computer models simulating galaxy evolution to help explain why all disk galaxies eventually…
Using data from the Hubble Space telescope, astronomers show that galaxies had “mature” shapes 11.5 billion years ago. Studying the evolution and anatomy of galaxies…
A new study reveals that a giant cloud of superheated gas, which is about 6 million degrees, is likely the result of a collision between…
Using data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft and observations by the MMT Telescope in Arizona and the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, researchers discovered one of…
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies appear to slow their growth over time, feeding less and…
Using data from the ALMA telescope, astronomers shed new light on galaxy formation, finding evidence that some growing galaxies spew out more gas than they…
A newly published study from the University of Colorado suggests that spiral galaxies, like the Milky Way, are larger than previously thought. Let’s all fist…
NuSTAR data reveals that the once active supermassive black hole at the center of the Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is now dormant,…
Using Keck observations of ancient stars and models of their atmospheres, researchers have shown that there is no conflict between their lithium-6 and lithium-7 content…
Research presented at the 222nd American Astronomical Society meeting suggests that the dwarf galaxy IC3418 has stopped making stars and that it is in the…
A newly published study details how galaxies form, using computer simulations to reveal that cool gas flows into the centers of galaxies along filaments where…