Astrophysics News

Posted July 10, 2009:

• New Kind Of Astronomical Object Around Black Hole: Living Fossil Records 'Supermassive' Kick
• Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Antimatter Positrons Explain Gamma Ray Mystery In Milky Way Galaxy
• Giant Supernovae Farthest Ever Detected: Dying Stars Shed Light On Universe Formation 11 Billion Years Ago

Posted July 8, 2009:

• New Portrait Of Omega Nebula's Glistening Watercolors

Posted July 7, 2009:

• Dozens Of Newly Discovered Pulsars Probed By NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Posted July 5, 2009:

• Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon

Posted July 4, 2009:

• Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole

Posted July 3, 2009:

• Largest Ever Survey Of Very Distant Galaxy Clusters Completed

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Astronomers Discover Pair Of Solar Systems In The Making
• New Class Of Black Holes Discovered

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Dense Knots Of Cold Cosmic Dust -- Potential Birthplaces Of New Stars -- Discovered In Inner Regions Of The Milky Way
• Intense Heat Killed The Universe's Would-be Galaxies, Researchers Say

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Milky Way's Particle Accelerators: Cosmic Rays Accelerated In Remnants Of Exploding Stars

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Galaxies Coming Of Age In Cosmic Blobs

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Magnetic Field On Bright Star Vega

Posted June 21, 2009:

• New Light Shed On 'Dark' Gamma-ray Bursts

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Betelgeuse, Red Supergiant In Constellation Orion, Has Shrunk By 15 Percent In 15 Years
• Rare Magnetar Discovered: Giant Eruption Reveals 'Dead' Star
• Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots

Posted June 15, 2009:

• New Tidal Debris Discovered From Colliding Galaxies

Posted June 14, 2009:

• Supernova Remnant Is An Unusual Suspect

Posted June 12, 2009:

• Baby Stars Finally Found In Jumbled Galactic Center

Posted June 11, 2009:

• Rare Radio Supernova In Nearby Galaxy Is Nearest Supernova In Five Years
• Planet-forming Disk Discovered Orbiting Twin Suns
• Ultracool Stars Take 'Wild Rides' Around, Outside The Milky Way
• Peculiar, Junior-sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen

Posted June 10, 2009:

• Size Of A Galaxy Can Be Determined By Its Dark Matter, Physicists And Mathematicians Show
• Precision Technique Provides Vital Tool For Unraveling Mystery Of Dark Energy
• Birth Of A Star Predicted

Posted June 9, 2009:

• To 300 Million Light Years, And Beyond: A New Way To Measure Cosmic Distances

Posted June 7, 2009:

• New Class Of Dim Supernovae

Posted June 4, 2009:

• Stellar Family In Crowded, Violent Neighborhood Proves To Be Surprisingly Normal
• New Radar Improves Defense Of Earth's Technologies Against Threat Of Space Weather

Posted June 3, 2009:

• Most Efficient Spectrograph To Shoot The Southern Skies

Posted June 2, 2009:

• Stellar Explosion Displays Massive Carbon Footprint

Posted May 31, 2009:

• First Complete X-ray View Of A Galaxy Cluster

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Ghost Remains After Black Hole Eruption
• Mission Accomplished: Leaving Hubble Better Than Ever

Posted May 28, 2009:

• XMM-Newton Takes Astronomers To A Black Hole's Edge
• Clearest Images Of Starburst Galaxies Reveal New Picture Of Early Universe

Posted May 25, 2009:

• Historic Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Ends With Successful Landing

Posted May 24, 2009:

• Giant Galaxy Messier 87 Finally Sized Up

Posted May 22, 2009:

• Cosmology's Best Standard Candles Get Even Better
• Giant Balloon Flying High Over Atlantic To Catch Cosmic Rays

Posted May 20, 2009:

• World's Observatories Watching 'Cool' Star
• Space Dynamics Laboratory Ships Science Instrument To Chart The Skies

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Herschel And Planck On Way To Study Our Cosmic Roots

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