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Largest Ever Survey Of Very Distant Galaxy Clusters Completed
Astronomers have completed
the largest ever survey
designed to find very
distant clusters of
galaxies. Named the Spitzer
Adaptation of the
... > full story
Astronomers Discover Pair Of Solar Systems In The Making
Astronomers have found a
binary star-disk system in
which each star is
surrounded by the kind of
dust disk that is frequently
the precursor of a planetary
... > full story
New Class Of Black Holes Discovered
A new class of black hole,
more than 500 times the mass
of the Sun, has been
discovered by an
international team of
astronomers. ... > full story
Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole
Combining gamma-ray
telescopes with the
supersharp radio 'vision' of
the Very Long Baseline Array
showed astronomers the
location from which
... > full story
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Dense Knots Of Cold Cosmic Dust -- Potential Birthplaces Of New Stars -- Discovered In Inner Regions Of The Milky Way
July 1, 2009 — Astronomers have unveiled an unprecedented new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust -- the ... > full story -
Intense Heat Killed The Universe's Would-be Galaxies, Researchers Say
July 1, 2009 — Millions of would-be galaxies failed to develop after being exposed to intense heat from the first stars and black holes formed in the early Universe, according to new research. Our Milky Way galaxy ... > full story -
Milky Way's Particle Accelerators: Cosmic Rays Accelerated In Remnants Of Exploding Stars
June 26, 2009 — Astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle accelerators. They show that cosmic rays from our galaxy are very efficiently accelerated in the remnants of exploded ... > full story -
Galaxies Coming Of Age In Cosmic Blobs
June 25, 2009 — The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. This discovery helps resolve the true nature of ... > full story -
Magnetic Field On Bright Star Vega
June 23, 2009 — The first detection of a magnetic field on the bright star Vega has been made. Astronomers clearly observe the magnetically-induced effect in the spectrum of Vega, thereby showing that the star ... > full story -
New Light Shed On 'Dark' Gamma-ray Bursts
June 21, 2009 — Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's biggest explosions, capable of producing so much light that ground-based telescopes easily detect it billions of light-years away. Yet, for more than a decade, ... > full story -
Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon
June 18, 2009 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their ... > full story -
Betelgeuse, Red Supergiant In Constellation Orion, Has Shrunk By 15 Percent In 15 Years
June 16, 2009 — The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is so large it would extend to Jupiter's orbit in our solar system, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to physicists. Since 1993, its ... > full story -
Rare Magnetar Discovered: Giant Eruption Reveals 'Dead' Star
June 16, 2009 — NASA's Swift satellite reported multiple blasts of radiation from a rare object known as a soft gamma repeater, or SGR. Astronomers have discovered a dead star belonging to a rare group: the ... > full story -
Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots
June 16, 2009 — The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to ... > full story
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