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The disc of the Milky Way is bigger than we thought
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
In our Galaxy we were not aware that there are stars in the disc at distances from the centre more than twice that of the Sun. This means that our own star was ...
Local Galaxies Shed Light on Universe's First Stars
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
"Nearby galaxies are a fantastic and understudied laboratory - right in our own backyard - with which to study the early universe," said Aparna Venkatesan, asso...
Researchers from the UPC and the IAC discover one of the most massive neutron stars
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) used an innovative method to measure the ...
Collisions Spray Heavy Elements Throughout Small Galaxies
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
The origin of the majority of the heaviest elements of the periodic table, including 95 percent of all gold on Earth, has been debated for decades. It is now kn...
Hubble spots most distant star ever observed
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
The discovery has also helped to test a new theory of dark matter and to study what clusters of galaxies are made of. The results of this study were published t...
How do you weigh a galaxy? Especially the one you're in?
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
Determining the mass of galaxies plays a crucial part in unraveling fundamental mysteries about the architecture of the universe. According to current cosmologi...
Magnetic crystal that behaves like quantum light validates theory
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
Now, a collaborative study with scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has added another twist to the story, t...
Engineers Solve Excessive Heat Removal from NASA's Webb Telescope
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
Webb's four science instruments are held within a support structure called the integrated science instrument module (ISIM), located behind the telescope's prima...
Scientists Studying Space Telescope Network for Student Research
Jun 06, 2018 (SPX)
The Space Telescope Network for Student Research would feature both 0.2-meter (8-inch) CubeSat telescopes and 0.5-meter (20-inch) MicroSat telescopes mated to c...
Chemical traces from star formation cast light on cosmic history
Jun 06, 2018 (SPX)
A study of intense starbursts - events in distant galaxies in which stars are generated hundreds or thousands of times faster than in our Milky Way - is changin...
MIT researchers devise new way to make light interact with matter
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
The fundamental principle behind the new approach is a way to get the momentum of light particles, called photons, to more closely match that of electrons, whic...
Cosmic collision lights up the darkness
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
Located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Vela (The Sails), NGC 3256 is approximately the same size as our Milky Way and belongs to the...
Hubble Spots a Green Cosmic Arc
Jun 04, 2018 (SPX)
It was discovered by the Sloan Giant Arcs Survey, which studied data maps covering huge parts of the sky from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The survey found mor...
NASA Selects Mission to Study Solar Wind Boundary of Outer Solar System
Jun 04, 2018 (SPX)
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a sort of magnetic bubbl...
Greenland Telescope opens new era of Arctic astronomy
Jun 01, 2018 (SPX)
Taking advantage of excellent atmospheric conditions, the Greenland Telescope is designed to detect radio waves from stars, star-forming regions, galaxies and t...
A crowded neighborhood
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
The Tarantula Nebula, at the top of this image, spans more than 1000 light-years and is located in the constellation of Dorado (The Dolphinfish) in the far sout...
Astronomers spot a distant and lonely neutron star
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
Neutron stars are the ultra dense cores of massive stars that collapse and undergo a supernova explosion. This newly identified neutron star is a rare variety t...
Does Some Dark Matter Carry an Electric Charge?
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
"You've heard of electric cars and e-books, but now we are talking about electric dark matter," said Julian Munoz of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., who...
Spinning rugby balls: The rotation of the most massive galaxies
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
Measuring the way stars move within galaxies is a very powerful way of learning about the internal structure of galaxies, especially properties such as their th...
XENON1T Experimental data establishes most stringent limit on dark matter
May 31, 2018 (SPX)
The results, presented Monday in a seminar in Italy at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS), were produced using an active target volume of 1,300 kilogr...
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