Tag: Stars/The Sun

Princeton astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constantCredit: Video by Ore Gottlieb and Ehud Nakar, Tel Aviv University Exactly ...

Neutron star mergers can provide new 'cosmic ruler' Astronomers using National Science Foundation (NSF) radio telescopes have demonstrated how a ...

Credit: Christian Arnold/Baojiu Li/Durham University. Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be ...

Credit: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Astronomers obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disk feeding the growth ...

Credit: NASA/ESA Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, but despite being millions of lightyears ...

Animation comparing the predicted appearance of the Sun's corona during the July 2, 2019, eclipse with a photo of the ...

In the mid-1800s, mariners sailing the southern seas navigated at night by a brilliant star in the constellation Carina. The ...

New data from the Keck Observatory show gas directly spiraling into growing galaxiesCredit: Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory Galaxies grow ...

Credit: Scott Woods, Western University Astrophysicists at Western University have found evidence for the direct formation of black holes that ...

A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists ...

Astronomy bot speeds up search for Jupiter's twinsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial ...

Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local ...

Magnetic disturbances caused by phenomena like the northern lights can be tracked by a 'social network' of ground-based instruments, according ...

Credit: Graphic courtesy of PUNCH Team/Southwest Research Institute WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with Southwest Research Institute ...