SwRI demonstrates balloon-based solar observatory
Low-cost option breaks down barriers to solar researchCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 7, 2019 -- Southwest Research ...
Tag: Astronomy
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
Credit: UCLouvain For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of ...
The most spectacular celestial vision you’ll never see
Views of giant planet in wild orbit would be unparalleledCredit: Teo Mocnik / UCR Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic ...
Worldwide observations confirm nearby ‘lensing’ exoplanet
Credit: University of Tokyo Researchers using telescopes around the world confirmed and characterized an exoplanet orbiting a nearby star through ...
WFIRST will add pieces to the dark matter puzzle
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI) The true nature of dark matter is one of ...
Even ‘Goldilocks’ exoplanets need a well-behaved star
Rice University team models stellar activity on Milky Way neighbors to judge impact on planetsCredit: Alexander Group/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Astronomers catch wind rushing out of galaxy
Researchers observe huge outflow of gas extending far beyond a galaxy for the first timeCredit: Image by: Jim Geach, David ...
DESI’s 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
Installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument nears completionCredit: DESI Collaboration; Legacy Surveys; NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA; NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory ...
UV satellite will open new view on exploding stars and black holes
DESY to build 100-megapixel camera for Israeli space telescopeCredit: DESY, Sven Stein A new space telescope will open up an ...
X-ray scout sees first light
Observations with eRosita promise a breakthrough in our understanding of the energetic universeCredit: T. Reiprich (Univ. Bonn), M. Ramos-Ceja (MPE), ...
Neural network technique identifies mechanisms of ferroelectric switching
Credit: Joshua C. Agar and Joshua Willey Innovations in material science are as essential to modern life as indoor plumbing ...
SwRI-led Lucy mission completes critical design review
NASA mission to the Trojan asteroids enters construction phaseCredit: NASA/Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 21, 2019 -- The ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope clears critical sunshield deployment testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn The sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed a test critical to preparing the observatory ...
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan’s dunes
Credit: University of Hawaii A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been ...
Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling
Credit: Hubble and Chandra Image: NASA, ESA, CXC, STScI, and B. McNamara (University of Waterloo); Very Large Array Telescope Image: ...
Heron survey fishes out detail in ghostly galaxy outskirts
Credit: R. Michael Rich, UCLA / Prof. P. Duc / Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomers have completed the largest survey to ...
Going against the flow around a supermassive black hole
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), V. Impellizzeri; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black ...
Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure
Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods originally developed to stop ...
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formationCredit: HST/NASA/ESA. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...
The American Physical Society announces Historic Sites for 2019
The Historic Sites initiative recognizes landmarks significant to physics history across the United States.Credit: Adler Planetarium COLLEGE PARK, MD, October ...
