New Computer Simulations Help Reveal How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Arms
Using new computer simulations to follow the motions of as many as 100 million “stellar particles” as gravity and other astrophysical forces sculpt them into…
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Astronomers Get a Closer Look at Supernova Remnant 1987A
The remnant of Supernova 1987A continues to provide a wealth of information about one of the Universe’s most extreme events and now astronomers have made…
Defects in Graphene Will Reduce its Strength
A new study reveals that even graphene has weak spots, finding that junctions in polycrystalline graphene will reduce its strength. Graphene, the single-atom-thick form of…
Hubble Views the Hidden Depths of Spiral Galaxy Messier 77
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope views spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as NGC 1068. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of…
Cassini Data Suggests Saturn’s Moons and Rings Are More Than 4 Billion Years Old
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggests that the moons and rings of Saturn are more than 4 billion years old. A new analysis of data…
The Blue Stars of Cluster NGC 2547
ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this new image of blue stars in the open star cluster NGC 2547. This pretty sprinkling of bright…
Scientists Discover a New Type of Supernova
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova that may not completely destroy the white dwarf. Called Type Iax, this new supernova is fainter and…
How Down Syndrome and Low SNX27 Are Connected
In a newly published study, researchers show how Down syndrome and low SNX27 are connected, discovering that the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome impairs…
Has Voyager 1 Reached Interstellar Space? Study Provides Details of Drastic Changes in Radiation Levels
A newly published study details the drastic changes in radiation levels experienced by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on August 25, 2012, possibly showing that Voyager…
Detailed Map Reveals New Information about the Age, Contents and Origins of the Universe
Based on the first 15.5 months of all-sky observations, scientists have created the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe,…
Astronomers View the Aftermath of Supernova SN 1999em and Its Host Galaxy
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers view the aftermath of supernova SN 1999em and its host galaxy, NGC 1637. About 35 million light-years from Earth,…
Curiosity Discovers More Hydration of Minerals Near Clay-Bearing Rocks
Using infrared-imaging and an instrument that shoots neutrons into the ground to probe for hydrogen, scientists have found more evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks…
Preparing for Pluto’s Undiscovered Satellites
New computer simulations suggest that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will encounter many small satellites as it nears the binary planet Pluto-Charon in 2015. In 2015,…
NASA’s Swift Discovers a Young Galactic Supernova Remnant
While using NASA’s Swift satellite to perform an X-ray survey of our galaxy’s central regions, a team of researchers discovered a young galactic supernova remnant,…
Researchers Observed the Atmosphere of a Jupiter-Like Planet Beyond Our Solar System
Using a high resolution imaging spectrograph, researchers have observed the atmosphere of a Jupiter like planet beyond our Solar System in unprecedented detail, uncovering the…
New Results Indicate That Particle Discovered at LHC Is a Higgs Boson
After further review of the data from July’s particle discovery at the Large Hadron Collider, the new results point to the new particle having the…
Finding the Asteroids That Threaten Earth
By building an asteroid-hunting space telescope called Sentinel, the B612 Foundation aims to track down the thousands of unknown asteroids that could pose a threat…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Reveals That Mars Could Have Supported Life
Researchers have identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon in the powder rock sample obtained by NASA’s Curiosity rover, suggesting that Mars could have…
