Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy for the First Time [Video]
Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first time. Exploring the influence of galactic winds from a distant galaxy…
Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first time. Exploring the influence of galactic winds from a distant galaxy…
A group of astronomers led by the University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than previously…
New measurement of Hubble constant adds to cosmic mystery. New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University…
New method used to study planets’ geochemistry implies that Earth is not unique. Earth-like planets may be common in the universe, a new University of…
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation. Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have…
An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen has discovered a protocluster of galaxies 13.0 billion…
Using the Subaru, Keck, and Gemini Telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a collection of 12 galaxies that existed about 13.0 billion years…
UCLA astronomers notice brightest light in 24 years of observations. The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large…
Three times the mass of Jupiter, a first-of-its-kind planet swings around its star on a bizarre path. Astronomers have discovered a planet three times the…
A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has discovered a dizzying cosmic choreography among…
A team of astronomers has discovered a new way to unlock the mysteries of how the first galaxies formed and evolved. In a study published…
An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a surprising discovery about the birthplace of groups of…
Astronomers have the “all-clear” for an exciting test of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, thanks to a new discovery about S0-2’s star status. Up until…
Thanks to lucky snapshots taken by an amateur astronomer in Argentina, scientists have obtained their first view of the initial burst of light from the…
A team of U.S. astronomers studying the star RZ Piscium has found evidence suggesting its strange, unpredictable dimming episodes may be caused by vast orbiting…
Astronomers have concluded from the study of NGC 1600 and similar galaxies that the relative populations of stars of different masses in a cluster of…
Taking a picture of an exoplanet—a planet in a solar system beyond our sun—is no easy task. The light of a planet’s parent star far…
Since astronomers first measured the size of an extrasolar planet seventeen years ago, they have struggled to answer the question: how did the largest planets…