Event Horizon Telescope Set to View the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Using the Event Horizon Telescope project, observatories around the world are ready to begin measurements of the black hole at the center of the Milky…
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ALMA Detects Two Planets in the Dust Disk Surrounding Young Star HD 169142
Astronomers have detected the presence of two planets in formation around the young star HD 169142, which is about 470 light-years away. The two planets…
MAVEN Reveals How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
New results from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft reveal that solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that…
NASA’s Chandra Discovers a Mysterious Cosmic Explosion
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered a mysterious flash of X-rays in the Chandra Deep Field-South data. The mysterious X-ray source became 1,000 times brighter…
Astronomers Discover a “Lost” Planet That is Nearly the Size of Neptune
Using Kepler data, Yale astronomers have discovered a Neptune-sized exoplanet – Kepler-150 f. Yale astronomers have discovered a “lost” planet that is nearly the size…
Astronomers Identify Massive 10 Billion Year Old Brown Dwarf
Astronomers have identified a brown dwarf that was formed about 10 billion years ago and is made of gas that is around 250 times purer…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Spotless Sun
For a 15 day stretch beginning on March 7, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory returned visible light images of a yolk-like spotless sun. This is…
MIT Neuroscientists Identify Brain Circuit That Drives Pleasure-Inducing Behavior
MIT neuroscientists identify the brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior in a brain region thought to be linked with fear. Scientists have long believed that…
Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time Arsia Mons Volcanic Activity Ceased
A new study from NASA reveals that the giant Martian shield volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to…
NASA’s Swift Reveals a Star’s Plunge into a Black Hole
Using observations from NASA’s Swift satellite, a team of astronomers detail the tidal disruption event named ASASSN-14li. Some 290 million years ago, a star much…
Engineers Design Microfluidic Device That Generates Passive Hydraulic Power
Engineers have designed a microfluidic device that mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and plants, generating passive hydraulic power that may be used to make…
Astronomers Discover a Black Hole “Choking” on Stellar Debris
A team of astronomers has discovered a supermassive black hole that is “choking” on a sudden influx of stellar debris. The black hole is located…
ESO Observations Show Dark Matter Less Influential in Galaxies in Early Universe
New research reveals that the outer parts of massive disc galaxies 10 billion years ago were rotating less quickly than the spiral galaxies, like the…
New Drug Cocktail Unlocks Potential to Regrow Inner-Ear ‘Hair’ Cells
A team of researchers has developed a new approach to replace damaged sound-sensing hair cells, which eventually may lead to therapies for people who live…
NASA’s Van Allen Probes Uncover Relativistic Electrons
Since their discovery at the dawn of the Space Age, Earth’s radiation belts continue to reveal new complex structures and behaviors. This visualization shows how…
Chandra Discovers a Star in the Closest Known Orbit Around a Black Hole
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA’s NuSTAR and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), a team of astronomers reveals evidence for a…
Astronomers Show Radiation Helped Fuel The First Massive Black Holes
A newly published study adds evidence to one theory of how ancient black holes, about a billion times heavier than our sun, may have formed…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Dust Storms
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter views back-to-back regional dust storms swelling on Mars. Images from the orbiter’s wide-angle Mars Color Imager (MARCI) show each storm growing…
