Scientists Report Details of the Gravity Probe-B Mission
In a series of seven papers published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement, a NASA/Stanford team reported the astronomical issues involved with the analysis of testing…
In a series of seven papers published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement, a NASA/Stanford team reported the astronomical issues involved with the analysis of testing…
While studying TW Hydrae, a relatively young star in the TW Hydrae stellar association, astronomers were able to track an accretion flare spectroscopically, providing direct…
As an international team of astronomers continues to monitor the skies for approaching asteroids, the recent approach of a 23-foot-wide asteroid gave scientists an opportunity…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, CfA astronomers led a team in search of molecular oxygen in the Orion Nebula, reporting that they still did not…
By using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and asteroseismology, the study of stars by observing their natural oscillations, scientists discovered two planets circling a sub-giant…
Newly published research shows that planets smaller than Neptune are located around a wide variety of stars, including those with fewer heavy elements than the…
A new study challenges prevailing ideas about how supermassive black holes grow in the centers of galaxies, finding that two supermassive black holes and their…
Observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that a supermassive black hole is being ejected from its host galaxy at a speed of at least…
The transit of Venus will occur on June 5 and if you miss it, you won’t get to see it again until 2117. For those…
NASA’s Fermi space telescope captured evidence of two gamma-ray beams that extend from the galactic center to a distance of 27,000 light-years above and below…
The time to study the cosmos is now. New calculations show that the expansion of the cosmos is accelerating, galaxies are being pushed beyond our…
In an effort to further piece cosmic evolution together, astronomers have been using a combination of modern telescopes and infrared and submillimeter techniques. Using the…
New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory may help explain why some supernova explosions are more powerful than others, supporting the idea that some of…
A newly published study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics details two models supporting the origin of Type Ia supernovae, finding that both the…
A team of CfA astronomers is reporting that the object they observed using the Pan-STARRS telescope was a supermassive black hole, roughly two million solar…
Once scientists realized that their understanding of the distribution of galaxies was incorrect, researchers began studying the large-scale structure of the universe to better understand…
It seems that black holes have appetites large enough to swallow stars. Astronomers at the University of Utah and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have…
According to a new study set to be published this week, rogue planets might not be alone forever. The study details how rogue planets are…