‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
A direct, observation-based test of one of the pillars of cosmologyCredit: Photograph by Yuri Beletsky, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution ...
Tag: Astronomy
An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar discovered by FAST
Credit: ESA/Hubble Using the data obtained by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Prof. ...
Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Modelling shows big galaxies get bigger by merging with smaller onesCredit: Gupta et al/ASTRO 3D/ IllustrisTNG collaboration. Galaxies grow large ...
Milky Way could be catapulting stars into its outer halo, UCI astronomers say
Findings may change fundamental thinking about star system formation, dynamicsCredit: Courtesy of Sijie Yu / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 20, ...
ESO telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star ...
New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expected
Credit: Courtesy of Cary Forest / UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide ...
Beacon in space: BRITE Constellation observes complete nova eruption for the first time
The recordings of a complete nova eruption are unique worldwideCredit: © Nova_by K. Ulaczyk, Warschau Universität Observatorium Since the beginning ...
Scientists discover supernova that outshines all others
Credit: Aaron Geller (Northwestern University) A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than ...
New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua
A new scenario based on computer simulations accounts for all of the observed characteristics of the first known interstellar object ...
Researchers discover new information on interstellar magnetic field in solar neighborhood
Credit: Vilppu Piirola An international research team led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Turku, ...
Peking University professor Tian Hui wins Karen Harvey Prize
Credit: School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University American Astronomical Society (AAS) Solar Physics Division (SPD) recently announced the ...
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
Credit: Courtesy Vaidehi Paliya CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in collaboration with ...
Columbia to upgrade Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher
The National Science Foundation awards $75 million to a Columbia-led team to support major improvements necessary to advance high-energy physics.Credit: ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope full mirror deployment a success
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the ...
ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), K. T. Inoue et al. Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a ...
New technique looks for dark matter traces in dark places
Study knocks down some theories for the origin of a mysterious light signature that has puzzled physicists for yearsCredit: Zosia ...
Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe
A Kanazawa University researcher proposes a novel cosmological model to study thermodynamics on the horizon of the universeCredit: Kanazawa University ...
Scientist recreates icy space conditions to understand makeup of molecular clouds
Northern Arizona University planetary scientist prepares for launch of James Webb Space TelescopeCredit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Icy ...
Supermassive black holes shortly after the Big Bang: How to seed them
These space giants would not have had the time to develop in the young Universe. Yet, observations say they were ...
Star formation project maps nearby interstellar clouds
Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star ...