2020 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics awarded to Andrew Fabian
Andrew Fabian recognised for his pioneering research into the role of black holes in the "ecosystem" of galaxiesCredit: Sam Fabian ...
Tag: Astronomy
Cosmic bursts unveil universe’s missing matter
Credit: ICRAR Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts to solve a decades-old mystery of 'missing matter', long predicted to ...
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
'A new beast is out there,' researcher says of object found in tiny galaxyCredit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF EVANSTON, Ill. -- ...
Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire,’ 11 billion years ago
Unusual galaxy set to prompt rethink on how structures in the universe formCredit: James Josephides, Swinburne Astronomy Productions Astronomers have ...
DESI team prepares for telescope instrument’s restart after unexpected shutdown
Before COVID-19 hit US, project was on track to begin its 3D map of the universe this summerCredit: Marilyn Sargent, ...
ALMA spots twinkling heart of milky way
Credit: Keio University Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found quasi-periodic flickers in millimeter-waves from the center of ...
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birth
The twist marks the spotCredit: ESO/Boccaletti et al. Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) ...
Seeing the universe through new lenses
Images collected for dark energy telescope project reveal hundreds of new gravitational lens candidatesCredit: Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, Hubble ...
First look: NASA’s James Webb space telescope fully stowed
Credit: Credits: ArianeSpace.com NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been successfully folded and stowed into the same configuration it will ...
TRAPPIST-1 planetary orbits not misaligned
First scientific result by the new spectrograph on the Subaru telescopeCredit: NAOJ Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have determined that ...
New comet discovered by ESA and NASA solar observatory
Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The comet is currently ...
Where neutrinos come from
Russian researchers trace high-energy neutrino origins to black holes in far-off quasarsCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian astrophysicists have come ...
Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere
These images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot were made using data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini ...
Recipients of 2020 Gruber Cosmology Prize announced
Lars Hernquist and Volker Springel are honoured for their defining contributions to cosmological simulationsCredit: IAU The Gruber Cosmology Prize, which ...
ESO instrument finds closest black hole to Earth
Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eyeCredit: ESO/L. Calçada A team of astronomers from the European ...
New study examines which galaxies are best for intelligent life
Galaxies such as our own Milky Way are more likely to harbor intelligent, technologically advanced civilizations, paper arguesCredit: Russell Cothren ...
Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma
Computer models of merging neutron stars predicts how to tell when this happensCredit: Lukas R. Weih & Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe ...
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars
Credit: Jacques Kluska et al. An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming ...
Hubble watches comet ATLAS disintegrate into more than 2 dozen pieces
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Jewitt (UCLA) These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken ...
TAMA300 blazes trail for improved gravitational wave astronomy
Credit: NAOJ Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have used the infrastructure of the former TAMA300 gravitational ...
