Researchers decipher the history of supermassive black holes in the early universe
Credit: Scott Woods, Western University Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that ...
Tag: Astronomy
SpaceX launch puts UMass Lowell research into orbit
Instrument aboard DSX satellite to study 'killer electrons' LOWELL, Mass. - An Air Force satellite launched into orbit this week ...
Cosmic cat and mouse: Astronomers capture and tag a fleeting radio burst
Credit: CSIRO/Dr Andrew Howells An Australian-led team of astronomers using the Gemini South telescope in Chile have successfully confirmed the ...
NASA’s TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has confirmed the tiniest planet in its catalog so far -- one of three discovered ...
The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate — and its creators don’t know how it works
The new model can envision universes with unique parameters, such as extra dark matter, even without receiving training data in ...
ALMA pinpoints the formation site of planet around nearest young star
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tsukagoshi et al. Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the ...
Hubble finds tiny ‘electric soccer balls’ in space, helps solve interstellar mystery
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer ...
SwRI-led team studies binaries to make heads or tails of planet formation
Kuiper Belt object orientations support streaming instability hypothesisCredit: HST/StSci/SwRI/Simon Porter SAN ANTONIO -- June 25, 2019 -- A Southwest Research ...
SwRI scientist develops novel algorithm to aid search for exoplanets
Machine learning tool allows scientists to search stellar data for likely exoplanet host starsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser SAN ANTONIO -- June ...
Star tours
Astronomy bot speeds up search for Jupiter's twinsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial ...
Galaxy clusters caught in a first kiss
For the first time, astronomers have found two giant clusters of galaxies that are just about to collide. This observation ...
Resonance-enhanced tunneling induces F+H2 reaction in interstellar clouds
Credit: T. A. Rector & B. A. Wolpa, NOAO, AURA Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of ...
Hubble captures elusive, irregular galaxy
Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local ...
NRL, Southwest Research Institute to add PUNCH to NASA’s solar mission
Credit: Graphic courtesy of PUNCH Team/Southwest Research Institute WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with Southwest Research Institute ...
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