STELLAR CHEMISTRY - SKY NIGHTLY

Aug 04, 2022 (SPX)

The chemical elements, from carbon to uranium, are formed exclusively in stars in a set of processes known as stellar nucleosynthesis. At the end of a star's li...

Major new investment accelerates construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope

Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)

This investment marks one of the largest funding rounds for the telescope since its founding and includes leading commitments from the Carnegie Institution for ...

Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy

Aug 03, 2022 (SPX)

The Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight. Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of ...

Unveiling the distribution of dark matter around galaxies 12B years

Aug 02, 2022 (SPX)

Seeing something that happened such a long time ago is difficult. Because of the finite speed of light, we see distant galaxies not as they are today, but as th...

JWST reveals highly distant galaxies behind a known gravitational magnifier

Aug 01, 2022 (SPX)

Acting as a so-called gravitational lens, the foreground galaxy cluster produces both multiple images of background galaxies and magnifies these images. One fam...

Scientists have systematized all the halos discovered over thousands of years of observations

Jul 27, 2022 (SPX)

In the study, scientists summarized not only the general information regarding the phenomena, but also the conditions necessary for seeing the optical illusions...

Halos and dark matter: A recipe for discovery

Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)

Their expedition didn't lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at le...

Preparing for the World's biggest radio telescope

Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)

To this end, they simulated the physical properties of the interstellar medium of galaxies similar to the Triangulum Galaxy (M 33) and the Whirlpool Galaxy (M 5...

China to put large telescope in orbit next year

Jul 25, 2022 (XNA)

The academy said a Long March 5B heavy-lift carrier rocket will deploy the Xuntian space telescope in a low-Earth orbit similar to the track of the Tiangong sta...

Hunting for dark galaxies with FAST

Jul 22, 2022 (SPX)

Equipped with a 19-beam array receiver and combined with super-high sensitivity owing to its large collection area, FAST is the most powerful survey tool for ex...

The missing link to how galaxies evolve

Jul 22, 2022 (SPX)

Astronomers know that the evolution of galaxies is powered by two processes: the growth of supermassive black holes at each galaxy's center and the formation of...

Gemini's GHOST captures exquisite first light observations of chemically rich star

Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)

The Gemini South telescope's newest science instrument - GHOST, the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph - achieved first light by making exquisite obser...

Hey Siri: How Much Does This Galaxy Cluster Weigh

Jul 21, 2022 (SPX)

Now, using tools from machine learning, a team led by Carnegie Mellon University physicists has developed a deep-learning method that accurately estimates the m...

Stress tests: making a hardy Webb

Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)

A portion of the Webb structure, custom-made of graphite epoxy composite, underwent vibration testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in late 2016. Connec...

NASA awards launch contract for Roman Space Telescope

Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)

NLS II is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The total cost for NASA to launch the Roman telescope is approximately $255 million, which includ...

Japanese-NASA X-ray Observatory stands tall as testing begins

Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)

Nicknamed XRISM (pronounced "crism"), the mission is a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, with participation by ESA (...

Webb telescope may have already found most distant known galaxy

Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)

Known as GLASS-z13, the galaxy dates back to 300 million years after the Big Bang, about 100 million years earlier than anything previously identified, Rohan Na...

Cyborg collaboration finds 40,000 ring galaxies

Jul 17, 2022 (SPX)

Galaxies live a chaotic life. Collisions with other galaxies and bursts of energy from supermassive black holes disrupt the colours and orbits of billions of st...

Beyond the Clouds: Finding Galaxies Behind Galaxies

Jul 17, 2022 (SPX)

Now a team from the University of Keele have created the largest ever map of previously hidden galaxies. Jessica Craig is presenting their work this week at the...

Astrophysicists prove neutrinos originate from Blazars

Jul 17, 2022 (SPX)

For more than a century, astrophysicists have tried to determine the origin of those extremely energetic particles, which are up to a million times more energet...