Astronomy
Ultra Cool Star Measured
Using a combination of ground and space-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers have measured the mass of an ultra-cool…
Youngest Black Hole Found?
A global team of radio astronomers think they might have found the youngest black hole or neutron star approximately 30…
Molecular Nitrogen Found Outside our Solar System
Astronomers have used the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite to detect molecular nitrogen in interstellar space. Nitrogen is common…
New Estimate for the Mass of Higgs Boson
Since its existence was first theorized in the 1960s, scientists have been searching for the mysterious Higgs boson. This subatomic…
New Simulation Improves Ideas of Galaxy Formation
A new simulation of galaxy formation developed at the University of Chicago does a much better job of predicting what…
Gas Clouds in the Whirlpool Galaxy
Astronomers studying the famous Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) have discovered important clues which support theories of how spiral arms can last…
Galaxy Stripped Clear of Star Forming Material
A new photo of spiral galaxy NGC 4402 shows how it's being stripped of its star forming material as it…
Chandra Finds a Gamma Ray Blast Remnant
Combined data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Palomar 200-inch telescope have uncovered the remnant of a gamma-ray burst…
Super-Clusters of Galaxies Give Clues to the Big Bang
Astronomers with the European Southern Observatory have embarked on a decade-long study of some of the largest structures, galaxy clusters,…
Spitzer Shows the Pinwheel Nebula
The latest image released from the Spitzer Space Telescope is of galaxy M33, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. It's…