Dead star circled by light
MUSE data points to isolated neutron star beyond our galaxy.
Posted: Apr 5th, 2018
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Anticipating the dangers of space
Researchers use supercomputers to estimate radiation risks for low Earth orbits.
Posted: Apr 3rd, 2018
Read moreResearchers uncover the farthest star ever seen
More than halfway across the universe, researchers have spotted an enormous blue star, nicknamed Icarus. It is the farthest individual star ever seen.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2018
Read moreFirst age-map of the heart of the Milky Way
The first large-scale age-map of the Milky Way shows that a period of star formation lasting around 4 billion years created the complex structure at the heart of our galaxy.
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2018
Read moreDecades of research identify source of galaxy-sized stream of gas
By identifying the chemical makeup of the gas, known as the Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream, the researchers identified one branch as coming from the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2018
Read moreHubble solves cosmic 'whodunit' with interstellar forensics
On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding-and only the Hubble Space Telescope can see who's winning.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2018
Read moreTRAPPIST-1 planets provide clues to the nature of habitable worlds
New software, called ExoPlex, allowed researchers to combine all of the available information about the TRAPPIST-1 system, including the chemical makeup of the star, rather than being limited to just the mass and radius of individual planets.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2018
Read moreCosmologists create largest simulation of galaxy formation
A multi-institutional team gives the cosmology community a world-class simulation to study how the universe formed.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2018
Read more'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2018
Read moreScientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star
Signals suggest black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2018
Read moreThe limit on the radii of neutron stars tightened
The observation of gravitational waves and light from a merging neutron-star binary system has allowed scientists to tighten constraints on the radius of a neutron star.
Posted: Mar 16th, 2018
Read moreDouble or nothing: Astronomers rethink quasar environment
Astronomers found that quasars don't tend to reside in protoclusters; but if there is one quasar in a protocluster, there is likely a second nearby. This result raises doubts about the relation between protoclusters and quasars.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2018
Read moreThe occurrence of magnetism in the universe
Precession sufficient to generate a magnetic field.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2018
Read moreArrested development: Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home
Astronomers have put NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an ancient 'relic galaxy' in our own cosmic backyard.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2018
Read more15 new planets confirmed around cool dwarf stars
A new planet near the habitable zone around a bright cool star.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2018
Read moreNASA's Webb Telescope to make a splash in search for interstellar water
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will peer into molecular clouds to gain new insights into the origin and evolution of water and other key building blocks for habitable planets.
Posted: Mar 9th, 2018
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