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July 6, 2025
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June 27, 2025 The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area of the full moon in one shot. Over the next ten years, this cosmic giant will scan the southern sky in ultra-HD, helping ...
June 5, 2025 Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would ...
June 3, 2025 Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...
June 3, 2025 Scientists have identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which detected the powerful phenomena as the spacecraft dipped in and out of the ...
May 30, 2025 A series of studies sheds light on the origins and characteristics of intermediate-mass black ...
May 28, 2025 A team of international astronomers have discovered a new cosmic object emitting both radio waves and ...
'Raindrops in the Sun's Corona': New Adaptive Optics Shows Stunning Details of Our Star's Atmosphere
May 27, 2025 Scientists have produced the finest images of the Sun's corona to date. To make these high-resolution images and movies, the team developed a new 'coronal adaptive optics' system that removes blur ...
May 21, 2025 In the intriguing realm of star-forming galaxies, the key factor isn't the total amount of gas but rather its strategic distribution within the ...
May 19, 2025 Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with another galaxy, or have been tossed out of the core ...
May 8, 2025 In space, energetic neutrinos are usually paired with energetic gamma rays. Galaxy NGC 1068, however, emits strong neutrinos and weak gamma rays, which presents a puzzle for scientists to solve. A new paper posits that helium nuclei collide with ...
May 7, 2025 Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new ...
May 6, 2025 Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other ...
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July 3, 2025 Astronomers studying the remnant SNR 0509-67.5 have finally caught a white dwarf in the act of a rare “double-detonation” supernova, where an initial helium blast on the star’s surface triggers ...
July 1, 2025 Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...
June 22, 2025 Scientists are peering into the universe's mysterious Cosmic Dawn using the faint whispers of hydrogen radio waves emitted over 13 billion years ago. These signals, particularly the elusive ...
June 22, 2025 A stunning breakthrough in solar physics reveals ultra-fine magnetic structures on the Sun's surface, thanks to the NSF's Inouye Solar Telescope. Researchers captured never-before-seen bright and ...
June 19, 2025 Astronomers have uncovered a colossal, searing-hot filament of gas linking four galaxy clusters in the Shapley Supercluster a discovery that could ...
June 18, 2025 Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial features in stunning color and resolution. By combining over 50 hours of ...
June 18, 2025 Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical supernovae by orders of ...
June 16, 2025 For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists ...
June 16, 2025 A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes ...
June 12, 2025 Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...
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June 11, 2025 Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based telescopes. This polarized light scattered by the universe's very first stars ...
June 10, 2025 A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...
May 21, 2025 Scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of helium pickup ...
Apr. 24, 2025 The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the ...
Apr. 15, 2025 Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...
Apr. 11, 2025 Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...
Apr. 10, 2025 A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals the neural mechanisms that contribute to urinary incontinence, a common condition affecting stroke survivors that has a ...
Apr. 9, 2025 Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of 'hidden' galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe's secrets. If their existence ...
Apr. 9, 2025 The NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter recently recorded the highest-ever concentration of a rare helium isotope (3He) emitted from the Sun. A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists sought the ...
Apr. 3, 2025 A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's ...
Mar. 17, 2025 The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...
Mar. 14, 2025 Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ...
Mar. 12, 2025 A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours. Their findings means we know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such ...
Mar. 5, 2025 Astronomers have for the first time observed a recurring nova outside of the Milky Way in near-infrared light. The data revealed highly unusual chemical emissions as well as one of the hottest ...
Mar. 4, 2025 The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show ...
Feb. 27, 2025 Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full Moon. What backyard observers ...
Feb. 25, 2025 New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the ...
Feb. 25, 2025 Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...
Feb. 18, 2025 Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...
'Out of Science Fiction': First 3D Observations of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere Reveal a Unique Climate
Feb. 18, 2025 Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...
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- 'Hidden Galaxies': Key to Unlocking Some of Universe's Secrets
- Scientists Source Solar Emissions With Largest-Ever Concentration of Rare Helium Isotope
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- ESO Observations Help Almost Fully Rule out 2024 YR4 Asteroid Impact
- The Galactic Journey of Our Solar System
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- Einstein Probe Catches X-Ray Odd Couple
- 'Out of Science Fiction': First 3D Observations of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere Reveal a Unique Climate
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- Astronomers Thought They Understood Fast Radio Bursts: A Recent One Calls That Into Question
- Extreme Supersonic Winds Measured on Planet Outside Our Solar System
- First Fast Radio Burst Traced to Old, Dead, Elliptical Galaxy
Friday, January 17, 2025
- NASA's Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy
- The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast to Fit Theories: Hubble Tension in Crisis
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- NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble's Discovery of a New Universe
- This Quasar May Have Helped Turn the Lights on for the Universe
- Not All Hot Jupiters Orbit Solo
- Three Tiny 'stellar-Ghost-Town' Galaxies Discovered
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet
- X-Ray Flashes from a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole Accelerate Mysteriously
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- Uncovering a Centaur's Tracks: Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid-Comet Hybrid
- Survey of 26,000 Dead Stars Confirms Key Details of Extreme Stellar Behavior
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and Its Jets
- Binary Star Found Near Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
Friday, December 13, 2024
- Astrophysicists Capture Astonishing Images of Gamma-Ray Flare from Supermassive Black Hole M87
- Planets Form Through Domino Effect
Thursday, December 12, 2024
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- NASA's Hubble Celebrates Decade of Tracking Outer Planets
- Universe Expansion Study Confirms Challenge to Cosmic Theory
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- Astronomers May Have Discovered the Answer to a Mysterious Stellar Event
- Magnetic Tornado Is Stirring Up the Haze at Jupiter's Poles
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- A Nearby Supernova Could End the Search for Dark Matter
- Astronomers Take the First Close-Up Picture of a Star Outside Our Galaxy
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- Asteroid Grains Shed Light on the Outer Solar System's Origins
- Mighty Radio Bursts Linked to Massive Galaxies
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- Are Nearby Planets Sending Radio Signals to Each Other?
- It's Twins! Mystery of Famed Brown Dwarf Solved
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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- This Rocky Planet Around a White Dwarf Resembles Earth -- 8 Billion Years from Now
- NASA's Hubble Finds That a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions
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- First Low Frequency Search for Alien Technology in Distant Galaxies
- Astrophysicists Use AI to Precisely Calculate Universe's 'settings'
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- Sun-Like Stars Found Orbiting Hidden Companions
- Bizarre 'garden Sprinkler-Like' Jet Is Spotted Shooting out of Neutron Star