Most-distant galaxy helps elucidate the early universe
Improving our understanding of the most-distant known astrophysical objectCredit: Illustration is courtesy of Jingchuan Yu. Pasadena, CA-- New work from ...
Tag: Astronomy
Graduate student’s BADASS code has astronomical benefits
Open-source code developed at UC Riverside is free, versatile, and easy to useCredit: Remington Sexton, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
UMBC researchers identify where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
New study determines that black holes discharge the energy in their plasma jets much farther away from the black hole's ...
The farthest galaxy in the universe
Chemical signatures give away the distance to the most distant galaxyCredit: © Kashikawa et al. A team of astronomers used ...
Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system
Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets existCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) ...
Study confirms dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity
Credit: NAOJ Observations conducted by the Murikabushi Telescope of Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory confirmed that dark coating can reduce satellite reflectivity ...
Using Earth’s history to inform the search for life on exoplanets
UC Riverside-led team looks back to find life beyondCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's ...
Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebula
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, B. Balick (University of Washington), M. Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad ...
Leaving so soon? Unusual planetary nebula fades mere decades after it arrived
Credit: NASA/ESA/Bruce Balick/Martín Guerrero/Gerardo Ramos-Larios Stars are rather patient. They can live for billions of years, and they typically make ...
Scientists peer into the 3D structure of the Milky Way
Survey of the sky pushes the boundaries of what we know about the structure of our galaxyCredit: Cardiff University Scientists ...
Gaia: astronomers to release most accurate data ever for nearly two billion stars
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC On 3 December an international team of astronomers will announce the most detailed ever catalogue of the stars ...
Voyager spacecraft detect new type of solar electron burst
Physicists report accelerated electrons linked with cosmic raysCredit: NASA/JPL More than 40 years since they launched, the Voyager spacecraft are ...
Researchers validate theory that neutrinos shape the universe
Credit: Kavli IPMU The effect that nearly massless, subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long ...
Research suggests our galaxy’s brightest gamma-ray binary system may be powered by a magnetar star
Credit: Kavli IPMU A team of researchers led by members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of ...
A hint of new physics in polarized radiation from the early universe
Credit: Y. Minami / KEK Using Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation, an international team of researchers has ...
Next step in simulating the universe
Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba devise a new approach to show how ghost-like neutrinos helped shape the UniverseCredit: ...
Sun model completely confirmed for the first time
Borexino detector succeeds in measuring the sun's CNO fusion cycleCredit: Borexino Collaboration After the scientists of the Borexino experiment succeeded ...
Earth faster, closer to black hole in new map of galaxy
Credit: NAOJ Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the ...
Astronomical instrument hunts for ancient metal
A new study looks at quasars to explore the origin of the iron in your bloodCredit: © 2020 European Southern ...
Fast-moving gas flowing away from young star caused by icy comet vaporisation
Credit: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing ...
