Lasers learn to accurately spot space junk
Scientists applied a set of algorithms to laser-ranging telescopes and succeeded in increasing accurate detection of the space litter in ...
Tag: Astronomy
Massive gas disk raises questions about planet formation theory
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Higuchi et al. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by ...
The ‘cores’ of massive galaxies had already formed 1.5 billion years after the big bang
Credit: NAOJ/Tanaka et al. 2019 A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way - with more than a trillion ...
ESO observations reveal black holes’ breakfast at the cosmic dawn
Credit: ESO/Farina et al.; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Decarli et al. Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool ...
NASA’s GISMO instrument maps inner Milky Way, sees cosmic ‘candy cane’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A feature resembling a candy cane appears at the center of this colorful composite ...
New clues on dark matter from the darkest galaxies
A study by SISSA provides important information on its composition and on its interaction with luminous matterCredit: ESA/Hubble & NASA ...
Distant milky way-like galaxies reveal star formation history of the universe
Credit: SARAO; NRAO/AUI/NSF Look at this new radio image covered with dots, each of which is a distant galaxy! The ...
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxies far beyond previous beliefs
Credit: NAOJ Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young ...
$1M Schmidt Futures grant awarded to accelerate computer modeling of the cosmos at IAS
James M. Stone, professor of computational astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study, heads IAS project on the Dynamics of ...
ESO telescope images stunning central region of Milky Way, finds ancient star burst
Credit: ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al. ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular ...
Interstellar comet 2I — Borisov swings past sun
Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Jewitt (UCLA) When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like ...
Martian aurora offers climate change clues, Embry-Riddle reports
NASA, University of Colorado Boulder, Embry-Riddle present findings at AGUCredit: Embry-Riddle/Daryl LaBello SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - A newly published study, ...
NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenon
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Brendan Gallagher and Guillermo Stenborg) WASHINGTON - A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on ...
NSF grants Illinois-led team $4.4 million to develop distributed space telescope
Credit: Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign More than 91 million miles from Earth, the sun poses a ...
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