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  Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2024 Featured in this month's image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is the spiral galaxy NGC 2090, situated in the constellation Columba. Using data from Webb's MIRI and NIRCam instruments, the image captures the galaxy's two elegant spiral arms and intricate patterns of gas and dust with unprecedented clarity. Previously studied by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to refine the measurement of the Universe's expansion rate (the Hubble constant), NGC 2090 holds a prominent place in a ... read more |
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China advances construction of massive steerable radio telescopeSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2024 The construction of the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope is underway in Huadian, Jilin Province, northeast China. The groundbreaking project, set to enhance scientific understanding o ... more  
BAE Systems completes key testing for NASA's SPHEREx Observatory missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 BAE Systems (LON: BA) has finalized environmental testing for NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) Observatory. This mission, ... more 
Searching for evidence of primordial black holes in planets and everyday materialsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 The formation of black holes is often associated with massive stars collapsing under their own gravity. However, new research suggests the chaotic conditions of the early universe may have enabled t ... more  
Scientists examine role of iron sulfides in life's origins at early Earth hot springsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 30, 2024 A recent study has revealed how iron sulfides may have influenced the emergence of life on early Earth by catalyzing the formation of prebiotic organic molecules in terrestrial hot springs. This res ... more |
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Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISELos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The fi ... more |
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China FAST telescope discovers over 1000 pulsarsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the largest and most sensitive filled-aperture radio telescope in the world, has identified over 1,000 new pulsars since it bega ... more 
Astronomers identify potential source of mysterious stellar signalsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 Researchers at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have made a record-setting discovery while uncovering clues to a rare cosmic phenomenon kno ... more 
Team identifies how interstellar medium impacts pulsar signalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium ... more 
All-optical nonlinear Compton scattering achieved with multi-petawatt laser producing ultra-bright gamma raysTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 In a major advancement for strong field physics, researchers from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS) in Korea have successfully demonstrated nonlinear C ... more |
HESS Observatory identifies highest-energy cosmic-ray electrons and positrons yet observedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 Scientists from CNRS, a German university consortium, and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik working at the H.E.S.S. Observatory in Namibia have detected cosmic-ray electrons and positrons with ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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NASA Voyager 1 returns to full operations after communication issueLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has successfully resumed normal operations following a communication disruption last month. The issue arose when the spacecraft unexpectedly switched from its primary X-b ... more 
Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic pastColumbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, origin ... more 
XRISM mission looks deeply into 'hidden' stellar systemGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray ... more 
New bar set for simulating the universe in the Exascale eraOak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 The universe just got a whole lot bigger - or at least in the world of computer simulations, that is. In early November, researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory u ... more |
Attosecond X-ray pulses at high repetition rates revolutionize atomic imagingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2024 A collaborative team of scientists from European XFEL and DESY has achieved a significant milestone in X-ray science by producing high-power attosecond hard X-ray pulses at unprecedented megahertz r ... more 
WEAVE's first results illuminate galactic collisions in Stephan's QuintetMadrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 Using early observations from the William Herschel Telescope's Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE), a collaborative team of over 50 astronomers, led by Dr. Marina Arnaudova of the University of ... more 
Hubble reveals edge-on spiral galaxy with unique structureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking view of UGC 10043, a spiral galaxy located approximately 150 million light-years away in the Serpens constellation. This galaxy is seen ed ... more 
Mysteries of particle physics studied in Italy's underground labLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 Deep beneath the Apennine mountains in Italy, an international team of scientists is unraveling profound questions in particle physics at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, home to the coldest temp ... more |
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The Milky Way represents an outlier among similar galaxiesStanford CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But a trio of new studies raises questions about whether the Milky Way is truly representative of othe ... more 
Astronomers capture detailed image of distant dying starBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 "For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way," said Keiichi Ohnaka, an astrophysicist from Universidad Andres Bello in Chi ... more
Galaxy collision unveils violent shockwave in stunning detailLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 A galaxy traveling at an extraordinary speed of 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has collided with Stephan's Quintet, creating a dramatic shockwave now observed in unprecedented detail by one of Ear ... more 
A nearby supernova could uncover dark matter mysteriesBerkeley CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 The elusive nature of dark matter, which makes up 85% of the universe's mass, could soon be revealed with the help of a nearby supernova and precise timing, according to researchers at the Universit ... more |
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NASA's Swift marks 20th anniversary with improved pointing modeWashington DC (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 After two decades in space, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is performing better than ever thanks to a new operational strategy implemented earlier this year. The spacecraft has made great sci ... more |
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NASA's Chandra and Hubble showcase fiery cosmic 'Guitar Nebula' in motionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have unveiled stunning new visuals of the "Guitar Nebula," a unique cosmic structure resembling a glowing, flame-throwin ... more
Unlocking the formation of early quasars with Super-Eddington growthParis, France (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 New research published in the journal 'Astronomy and Astrophysics' sheds light on how supermassive black holes - millions to billions of times the mass of our Sun - achieved their enormous size with ... more 
Discovery of a young exoplanet illuminates planet formationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 Astronomers have unveiled a rare glimpse of a newly formed planet, IRAS 04125+2902 b, just 3 million years old. This infant world, nestled in the Taurus Molecular Cloud 430 light-years away, is the ... more 
Predicting supernova explosions with advanced simulationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 21, 2024 A research team led by Wun-Yi Chen and Ke-Jung Chen at the Institute of Astronomy, Academia Sinica (ASIAA) has unveiled critical insights into the physics of supernova shockwaves through advanced co ... more |
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