Astronomy

Most Distant Explosion Ever Seen

An Italian team of astronomers have found a gamma ray burst that blew up 12.7 billion light-years away - the…

19 years ago

Dusty Old Star Could Be Feeding From a Dead Planet

Astronomers have spotted a dusty disc around an old, dead star. This star is similar to what our own star…

19 years ago

Star Gobbles Up Its Friend

The ESA's Integral space observatory and NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft have found a rapidly spinning pulsar in the…

19 years ago

Researchers find clue to start of universe

Station with active crossed dipole. Image credit: Haystack Observatory Click to enlarge If you want to hear a little bit…

19 years ago

Probing the Formation of Galaxy Clusters

The ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray telescope is allowing astronomers to study the formation history of entire galaxy clusters. By studying these…

19 years ago

Escaping Pulsar Breaks Speed Records

Astronomers have found a fast moving pulsar on a trajectory that'll take it completely out of the Milky Way. The…

19 years ago

Massive Stars Have Protoplanetary Disks Too

Astronomers working with the Subaru telescope have found a massive proto-star with a protoplanetary disk surrounding it. The star contains…

19 years ago

Big Galaxies, Older Stars

After examining more than 4,000 galaxies in a recent survey, astronomers have discovered that most large galaxies are filled with…

19 years ago

Will the Universe Expand Forever?

What is the nature of the mysterious dark energy which is accelerating expansion of the Universe? In a recent study…

19 years ago

Venus, Jupiter and the Moon Reunited Again

Once again, the sky is getting ready to put on a beautiful show - one that doesn't require particularly dark…

19 years ago