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Galaxy-Wide Echoes from the Past: VLT Observations Identify Very Rare New Kind of Galaxy
December 5, 2012 — A new galaxy class has been identified using observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the Gemini South telescope, and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Nicknamed ... > full story -
Census of the Invisible Universe Reveals Extraordinary High Star-Formation Rates Across History of the Universe
December 4, 2012 — By combining the observing powers of ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the ground-based Keck telescopes, astronomers have characterized hundreds of previously unseen starburst galaxies, ... > full story -
Planet Rings Could Be Behind the Formation of Solar System Satellites
December 4, 2012 — Two researchers have recently proposed the first ever model explaining how the great majority of regular satellites in our solar system were formed out of planet rings. The model, the only one of its ... > full story -
Even Brown Dwarfs May Grow Rocky Planets: Sizing Up Grains of Cosmic Dust Around Failed Star
November 30, 2012 — Astronomers have for the first time found that the outer region of a dusty disc encircling a brown dwarf contains millimeter-sized solid grains like those found in denser discs around newborn stars. ... > full story -
The Beginning of Everything: New Paradigm Shift for the Infant Universe
November 29, 2012 — A new paradigm for understanding the earliest eras in the history of the universe has been developed. The new paradigm shows, for the first time, that the large-scale structures we now see in the ... > full story -
Record-Setting X-Ray Jet: X-Rays from Supermassive Black Hole 12.4 Billion Light Years from Earth
November 28, 2012 — A jet of X-rays from a supermassive black hole 12.4 billion light years from Earth has been detected. This is the most distant X-ray jet ever observed and gives astronomers a glimpse into the ... > full story -
Biggest Black Hole Blast Discovered: Most Powerful Quasar Outflow Ever Found
November 28, 2012 — Astronomers have discovered a quasar with the most energetic outflow ever seen, at least five times more powerful than any that have been observed to date. Quasars are extremely bright galactic ... > full story -
Hot Gas Bridges Galaxy Cluster Pair
November 20, 2012 — Space telescope has made the first conclusive detection of a bridge of hot gas connecting a pair of galaxy clusters across 10 million light-years of intergalactic ... > full story -
Astronomers Pin Down Origins of 'Mile Markers' for Expansion and Acceleration of Universe
November 19, 2012 — A study using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope has revealed the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that astronomers use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to ... > full story -
Human Brain, Internet, and Cosmology: Similar Laws at Work?
November 19, 2012 — The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the ... > full story
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