SKYNIGHTLY - SKY NIGHTLY

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

New research from UCL shows we will soon uncover the origin of the ultraviolet light that bathes the cosmos, helping scientists understand how galaxies were bui...

Witnessing the early growth of a giant

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

Astronomers have uncovered for the first time the earliest stages of a massive galaxy forming in the young Universe. The discovery was made possible through com...

Best View Yet of Merging Galaxies in Distant Universe

Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and many other telescopes on the ground and in space, an international team of astronomers has ob...

A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation

Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)

This image, captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows two dramatic star formation regions in the southern Milky Way. The f...

First LOFAR observations of the Whirlpool Galaxy

Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)

Using a radio telescope with frequencies just above those of commercial FM radio stations, a European team of astronomers has obtained the most sensitive image ...

Gaia: 'Go' for science

Jul 31, 2014 (ESA)

Following extensive in-orbit commissioning and several unexpected challenges, ESA's billion-star surveyor, Gaia, is now ready to begin its science mission. The ...

New mass map of a distant galaxy cluster is the most precise yet

Jul 29, 2014 (ESA)

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the mass within a galaxy cluster more precisely than ever before. Created using observations f...

Small, faint but plentiful galaxies illuminated the early universe

Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)

Light from tiny galaxies over 13 billion years ago played a larger role than previously thought in creating the conditions in the universe as we know it today, ...

A young star's age can be gleamed from nothing but sound waves

Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)

Determining the age of stars has long been a challenge for astronomers. In experiments published in the journal Science, researchers at KU Leuven's Institute fo...

Remarkable White Dwarf Star Possibly Coldest, Dimmest Ever Detected

Jun 30, 2014 (SPX)

A team of astronomers has identified possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cool that its carbon has ...

UA astronomers take sharpest photos ever of the night sky

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

Astronomers at the University of Arizona, the Arcetri Observatory near Florence, Italy and the Carnegie Observatory have developed a new type of camera that all...

Highest-ever resolution photos of the night sky

Aug 23, 2013 (SPX)

A team of astronomers from three institutions has developed a new type of telescope camera that makes higher resolution images than ever before, the culmination...

Hubble Space Telescope finds source of Magellanic Stream

Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly hal...

Three Planets Converge In Western Twilight May 25-28

May 22, 2013 (SPX)

The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will help you find a fainter one, Mercury, as all three shine together in the western twilight about half an hour ...

Planets Aligning in the Sunset Sky

May 13, 2013 (SPX)

Sunset is a special time of day. Low-hanging clouds glow vivid red and orange as the background sky turns cobalt blue. The first stars pop out in the heavenly d...

Jupiter Dances with the Moon on January 21st

Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)

Stargazers in the Americas have an extraordinary opportunity on the night of Monday, January 21, 2013. Jupiter, the second-brightest planet, will appear less th...

Laser sends Mona Lisa into space

Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)

NASA scientists say they beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, in a test of communicating with a satellite using a laser. The ic...

Do Pockmarks on the Moon Hold the Key to Our Origins

Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)

The cavernous splotches that help give our moon its shape could be much more than a product of celestial aging. According to research conducted by roboticist Re...

NASA, Penn State give New Year's gift of space images

Jan 04, 2013 (SPX)

A large new collection of space photos taken at wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye and blocked by Earth's atmosphere has been released as a New Yea...

Clear New Year Skies for 2013

Jan 01, 2013 (SPX)

Summer in Australia is great for sky gazers. We have some of the best skies in the world full of bright stars, prominent constellations and fascinating celestia...