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BOSS Quasars Unveil a New Era in the Expansion History of the Universe
November 12, 2012 BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is mapping a huge volume of space to measure the role of dark energy in the evolution of the universe. BOSS is the largest program of the third ... > full story -
Mysteries of the Neutrino: Physicists Investigate the Big Bang Particle
November 9, 2012 Physicists at some of the world's leading research institutes are attempting to unravel the mysteries of a particle that played a role in the creation of the universe. The existence of neutrinos ... > full story -
New Australian Telescope Set to Find 700,000 Galaxies
November 9, 2012 Australia's newest radio telescope is predicted to find an unprecedented 700,000 new galaxies, say scientists planning for CSIRO's next-generation Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder ... > full story -
Star Formation Slumps to 1/30th of Its Peak
November 6, 2012 While parts of the world experience economic hardship, astronomers have found an even bigger slump happening on a cosmic scale. In the largest ever study of its kind, astronomers have established ... > full story -
Hubble Sees an Unexpected Population of Young-Looking Stars
November 2, 2012 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers an impressive view of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362. The image of this spherical collection of stars takes a deeper look at the core of the ... > full story -
NASA'S Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight
November 1, 2012 Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of ... > full story -
Super-Rare, Super-Luminous Supernovae Are Likely Explosion of Universe's Earliest Stars
November 1, 2012 The most-distant, super-luminous supernovae found to date have been observed by an international team of astronomers. The stellar explosions would have occurred at a time when the universe was much ... > full story -
Stars Ancient and Modern?
October 31, 2012 A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story -
CALIFA Survey Publishes Intimate Details of 100 Galaxies
October 31, 2012 The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey (CALIFA survey) has published a first set of data, offering views of one hundred galaxies in the local Universe at an unprecedented level of detail. ... > full story -
First Direct Detection Sheds Light on Dark Galaxies
October 30, 2012 Three lead members of an international science team provide insight into the first direct detection of dark ... > full story
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