Arecibo Radar Views Near-Earth Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
After several months of downtime after Hurricane Maria blew through, the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar has returned to normal operation, providing the highest-resolution images to…
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James Webb Space Telescope Completes Cryogenic Testing
The vault-like, 40-foot (12-feet) diameter, 40-ton door of Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston was unsealed on November 18, signaling the end…
Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Initiates Casting of Fifth Mirror
The Giant Magellan Telescope Organization (GMTO) announced that it has initiated the casting of the fifth of seven mirrors that will form the heart of…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will View First Galaxies and Stars
NASA astronomers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to understand the creation of the universe’s first galaxies and stars. After it launches and is…
Webb Telescope Will Study “Ocean Worlds” of Europa and Enceladus
NASA has announced that they will use the infrared capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope to study the “ocean worlds” of Jupiter’s moon Europa…
Astronomers Reveal a High-Energy Trap in Our Galaxy’s Center
New research reveals that the center of our Milky Way contains a “trap” that concentrates some of the highest-energy cosmic rays. A combined analysis of…
Green Bank Ammonia Survey Peers Deep into the Stellar Nursery of the Orion Nebula
In a newly published study, astronomers present an overview of the first data release (DR1) and first-look science from the Green Bank Ammonia Survey (GAS)….
Astronomers Watch as Collapsing Star Turns Into a Black Hole
Using data from the Large Binocular Telescope and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers watched as a dying star was likely reborn as a…
Secondary Mirror of Extremely Large Telescope Successfully Cast
SCHOTT at Mainz, Germany has completed the casting of the secondary mirror blank for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The completed mirror will be 4.2…
Mysterious Gamma-Ray Glow at the Center of the Milky Way Most Likely Caused by Pulsars, Not Dark Matter
A newly published study reveals that the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars, not dark…
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…
James Webb Space Telescope Will Provide a Closer Look at the TRAPPIST-1 System
Astronomers plan to use the James Webb Space Telescope to detect atmospheric features of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. With the discovery of seven…
Astronomers Search the Taurus Region for Carbon-Chain Molecules
Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers search the Taurus region for HC11N in six of its characteristic radio wavelength transitions. The interstellar medium of the…
Fermi Discovers Possible Dark Matter in Andromeda Galaxy
Using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate…
Fermi Views Gamma Rays from Solar Flares on the Far Side of the Sun
New research from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block…
Fermi Reveals the Most Extreme Blazars to Date
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars to date, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by supersized black…
Fermi Discovers A Luminous Gamma-Ray Binary
Dive into the Large Magellanic Cloud and see a visualization of LMC P3, an extraordinary gamma-ray binary system discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope….
NASA Telescopes Reveal a Surprising Blazar Connection
Using data from from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers studying distant galaxies powered by monster black holes have…
