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Milky Way family tree
Nov 24, 2020 (SPX)
To achieve this, the researchers analysed the properties of globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way with artificial intelligence. Their investigations revealed...
NSF to decommission Cornell-designed Arecibo telescope
Nov 22, 2020 (SPX)
In the wake of two recent support-cable failures, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will decommission and dismantle the giant dish at Arecibo Observatory - ...
Astronomers Discover New Fossil Galaxy Buried Deep Within the Milky Way
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
The proposed fossil galaxy may have collided with the Milky Way ten billion years ago, when our galaxy was still in its infancy. Astronomers named it Heracles, ...
NASA's Webb Completes Significant Testing Milestone for Deployable Tower
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
The Deployable Tower Assembly is an integral piece in the operation and support of the spacecraft and telescope structures. It also helps Webb maintain its nece...
NSF to decommission Arecibo Observatory due to safety concerns
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
The decision comes after NSF evaluated multiple assessments by independent engineering companies that found the telescope structure is in danger of a catastroph...
Christmas week: Worlds will align for spectacular heavenly sight
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
"Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the ...
Astronomers' success: seven new cosmic masers
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
At the beginning it is worth noting that the formation of high mass stars is a complex process, less recognised by scientists than the formation of solar type s...
16-year-old cosmic mystery solved, revealing stellar missing link
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
A new study published online on Nov. 18 in the journal Nature may have cracked the case. By applying cutting-edge theoretical models to the slew of data that ha...
Orbits of ancient stars prompt rethink on Milky Way evolution
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
An investigation into the orbits of the Galaxy's metal-poor stars - assumed to be among the most ancient in existence - has found that some of them travel in pr...
Cosmic flashes come in all different sizes
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
For over a decade, the phenomenon known as fast radio bursts has excited and mystified astronomers. These extraordinarily bright but extremely brief flashes of ...
Galaxies in the Perseus Cluster
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Left: The giant galaxy NGC 1275, at the core of the cluster, is seen in new detail, including a newly-revealed wealth of complex, filamentary structure in its r...
UK-led space telescope to unravel mysteries of the cosmos
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Its mission is to understand the links between a planet's chemistry and its environment by charting approximately 1,000 known planets outside our own solar syst...
EXPLORE to develop AI and visualization apps for space science
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Over three years, the EXPLORE project will develop these tools on a new virtual platform to create services and enhanced scientific datasets focused on galactic...
Shape-shifting mirror hunts for exoplanets
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Very large space telescopes are necessary to increase image resolution and sensitivity, whether for deep space exoplanet detection or sharpened views of the ter...
Birth of magnetar from colossal collision potentially spotted for first time
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
After examining the incredibly bright burst with optical, X-ray, near-infrared and radio wavelengths, a Northwestern University-led astrophysics team believes i...
UCF Delivers Engineering Options for Arecibo Observatory
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
UCF manages the facility under a cooperative agreement with Universidad Ana G. Mendez and Yang Enterprises Inc. for NSF. A main cable failed at AO about 7:30 pm...
Family tree of the Milky Way deciphered
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Globular clusters are dense groups of up to a million stars that are almost as old as the Universe itself. The Milky Way hosts over 150 such clusters, many of w...
Hubble sees unexplained brightness from colossal explosion
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Scientists quickly enlisted other telescopes - including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Very Large Array radio observatory, the W. M. Keck Observatory, and ...
Unexplained brightness from colossal explosion
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
Its half-second flash of light, detected in May of this year, came from a violent explosion of gamma rays billons of light-years away that unleashed more energy...
Pandemic casts shadow over India's festival of light
Nov 14, 2020 (AFP)
Diwali is meant to be the festival of light, but the pandemic has clouded the future for many in the country of 1.3 billion. Some people defiantly set off tradi...
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