Full braking at Alpha Centauri (w/video)
Space travel visionaries solve the problem of interstellar slowdown at our stellar neighbour.
Feb 1st, 2017
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Tracing the cosmic web with star-forming galaxies in the distant universe
A research group has revealed a picture of the increasing fraction of massive star-forming galaxies in the distant universe. Massive star-forming galaxies in the distant universe, about 5 billion years ago, trace large-scale structure in the universe. In the nearby universe, about 3 billion years ago, massive star-forming galaxies are not apparent.
Jan 31st, 2017
Read moreStudy reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
A new study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram.
Jan 30th, 2017
Read moreNew space weather model helps simulate magnetic structure of solar storms
A new tool called EEGGL - short for the Eruptive Event Generator (Gibson and Low) and pronounced 'eagle' - helps map out the paths of these magnetically structured clouds, called coronal mass ejections or CMEs, before they reach Earth.
Jan 26th, 2017
Read moreCosmic lenses support findings on accelerated universe expansion
A group of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and other telescopes in space and on the ground to observe five galaxies in order to arrive at an independent measurement of the Hubble constant.
Jan 25th, 2017
Read moreA tale of two pulsars' tails: Plumes offer geometry lessons to astronomers
Two new studies may help shine a light on the distinctive emission signatures of pulsars, as well as their often perplexing geometry.
Jan 17th, 2017
Read moreGalaxy murder mystery
It's the big astrophysical whodunnit. Across the Universe, galaxies are being killed and the question scientists want answered is, what's killing them?
Jan 17th, 2017
Read moreOur galaxy's black hole is spewing out planet-size 'spitballs'
If a star wanders too close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the black hole's powerful gravity rips the star apart, sending a long streamer of gas whipping outward. New research shows that not only can the gas gather itself into planet-size objects, but those objects then are flung throughout the galaxy in a game of cosmic 'spitball'.
Jan 11th, 2017
Read moreLooking for life in all the right places - with the right tool
Scientists have developed a new tool that can look for signs of life with 10,000 times more sensitivity than instruments carried on previous spaceflight missions.
Jan 11th, 2017
Read moreStruggle to escape distant galaxies creates giant halos of scattered photons
Astronomers have discovered giant halos around early Milky Way type galaxies, made of photons that have struggled to escape them.
Jan 11th, 2017
Read moreHubble captures 'shadow play' caused by possible planet
Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They're so small and faint that it's hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a unique way: by a shadow that is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding a young star.
Jan 10th, 2017
Read moreAstronomers discover cosmic double whammy
Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe - a supermassive black hole and the collision of giant galaxy clusters - have combined to create a stupendous cosmic particle accelerator.
Jan 6th, 2017
Read moreResearch reinforces role of supernovae in clocking the universe
New research by cosmologists confirms the accuracy of Type Ia supernovae in measuring the pace at which the universe expands. The findings support a widely held theory that the expansion of the universe is accelerating and such acceleration is attributable to a mysterious force known as dark energy.
Jan 4th, 2017
Read moreHome galaxy of a fast radio burst identified
Astronomers pinpoint radio flashes originating in a far away galaxy.
Jan 4th, 2017
Read moreHidden secrets of Orion's clouds
VISTA survey gives most detailed view of Orion A molecular cloud in the near-infrared.
Jan 4th, 2017
Read moreResearchers get first look at new, extremely rare galaxy
Approximately 359 million light-years away from Earth, there is a galaxy with an innocuous name (PGC 1000714) that doesn't look quite like anything astronomers have observed before. New research provides a first description of a well-defined elliptical-like core surrounded by two circular rings - a galaxy that appears to belong to a class of rarely observed, Hoag-type galaxies.
Jan 4th, 2017
Read moreNew approach to finding exoplanets
Searching a sea of 'noise' to find exoplanets - using only data as a guide.
Dec 20th, 2016
Read moreNew antimatter breakthrough to help illuminate mysteries of the Big Bang
Scientists working at CERN have made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering the question of why matter exists and illuminating the mysteries of the Big Bang and the birth of the Universe.
Dec 20th, 2016
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