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This artist’s concept shows the Earth-mass exoplanet OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Frozen Earth-Mass Exoplanet Discovered 12,750 Light-Years Away

Apr 28, 2017 by Natali Anderson

Using a planet-hunting technique called gravitational microlensing, astronomers have detected an Earth-mass planet orbiting an ultracool dwarf 12,750 light-years...

Map of the cosmic microwave background; the insets show the environment of the Cold Spot. The angular diameter of the vast supervoid aligned with the Cold Spot, which exceeds 30 degrees, is marked by the white circles. Image credit: ESA Planck Collaboration / Gergö Kránicz.

When Universes Collide: Galaxy Redshift Survey Hints at Exotic Origin for Mysterious ‘Cold Spot’

Apr 26, 2017 by News Staff

According to the results of a redshift survey of nearly 7,000 galaxies, a gigantic ‘hole’ in the Universe is unlikely to explain a ‘Cold Spot’...

This image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 7250, which lies in the constellation Lacerta, about 31 million light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Observes Irregular Galaxy NGC 7250

Apr 24, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the galaxy NGC 7250. This image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 7250, which lies...

Hubble’s view on iPTF16geu. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Spots Multiply-Imaged, Gravitationally Lensed Type Ia Supernova

Apr 21, 2017 by News Staff

The powerful vision of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to analyze for the first time the multiple images of a gravitationally...

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, the United States. Image credit: Jiuguang Wang / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: First Results

Apr 21, 2017 by Natali Anderson

Breakthrough Listen — the largest ever research program aimed at finding evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth — has released its eleven...

This image of a pair of spiral galaxies NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 was released to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA / ESA / M. Mutchler, STScI.

Hubble Celebrates 27th Anniversary with Photo of Galaxy Pair NGC 4302-NGC 4298

Apr 20, 2017 by News Staff

In celebration of the 27th anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, astronomers used the legendary telescope to take a...

This composite of 30 images of the asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar. The radar images were collected on April 18, 2017. At the time, 2014 JO25 was 1.9 million miles (3 million km) from Earth. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / GSSR.

2014 JO25: Stunning Images of Large Asteroid Captured by NASA Radar — Just Before Earth Flyby

Apr 19, 2017 by Natali Anderson

Using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar in Mojave Desert, California, astronomers have captured radar images of the rotating, two-lobed asteroid 2014...

The super-Earth exoplanet LHS 1140b is located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its parent star, LHS 1140. Image credit: M. Weiss, CfA.

LHS 1140b: Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Found Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf

Apr 19, 2017 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet in the habitable zone of LHS 1140, a small, cool star in the constellation of Cetus, approximately...

Ahn et al found two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies, VUCD3 and M59cO, with supermassive black holes. The findings suggest that these dwarf galaxies are likely tiny leftovers of larger galaxies that were stripped of their outer layers after colliding into other, larger galaxies Messier 87 and Messier 59, respectively. Image credit: NASA / Space Telescope Science Institute.

Researchers Find Supermassive Black Holes in Two Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies

Apr 18, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers and astrophysicists, led by University of Utah, has detected supermassive black holes in two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies:...

This artist’s concept shows a hypothetical aquaplanet around the binary star system of Kepler-35. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Study: Earth-Like Circumbinary Exoplanets Could Be Habitable

Apr 17, 2017 by News Staff

A study by Dr. Siegfried Eggl of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Dr. Max Popp of Princeton University and the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology...

This Hubble image shows a few of the tenuous threads that comprise Sh2-308. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Picture of Cosmic ‘Bubble’

Apr 17, 2017 by News Staff

A new image taken recently by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a faint and wispy shell of gas in the constellation of Canis Major. This Hubble...

Artist concept of the planetary body 2014 UZ224. Image credit: Alexandra Angelich / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

ALMA Observes Trans-Neptunian Planetary Body 2014 UZ224

Apr 13, 2017 by News Staff

Researchers using Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered new clues about the recently-discovered planetary body UZ224. The...

Dark matter filaments (shown in red) bridge the space between galaxies (shown in white) on this false color map. Image credit: Seth Epps & Michael Hudson, University of Waterloo.

Astronomers Create ‘Image’ of Dark Matter Bridge that Connects Galaxies

Apr 12, 2017 by News Staff

A duo of scientists at the University of Waterloo, Canada, has been able to capture the first composite image of a dark matter bridge that connects galaxies...

Jupiter’s Great Cold Spot (a dark spot). Image credit: Stallard et al.

‘Great Cold Spot’ Discovered in Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere

Apr 12, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of researchers, led by University of Leicester planetary astronomer Tom Stallard, has detected a localized region of cooling —...

Artist’s impression of the super-Earth GJ 1132b. Image credit: MPIA.

Astronomers Detect Atmosphere around Super-Earth GJ 1132b

Apr 10, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers, led by Keele University researcher John Southworth, has managed to detect an atmosphere around GJ 1132b, a ‘super-Earth’...

This image snapped by Hubble reveals a detailed view of part of the spiral galaxy NGC 4536. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Takes Close Look at NGC 4536

Apr 10, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image so far of a spectacular part of the spiral galaxy NGC 4536. This image snapped by...

Stellar explosions are often associated with supernovae, the powerful and catastrophic deaths of stars. But new ALMA observations of the Orion Nebula complex provide insights into explosions at the other end of the stellar life cycle -- star birth. The colors in the ALMA data represent the relative Doppler shifting of the millimeter-wavelength light emitted by carbon monoxide gas. The blue color represents gas approaching at the highest speeds; the red color is from gas moving toward us more slowly. The background image includes optical and near-infrared imaging from both the Gemini South and ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The famous Trapezium Cluster of hot young stars appears towards the bottom of this image. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / J. Bally / H. Drass et al.

ALMA Captures Star Birth in Orion Molecular Cloud

Apr 8, 2017 by News Staff

Around 500 years ago, two protostars had a perilously close encounter that blasted their stellar nursery apart. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...

Hubble Space Telescope Observes Jupiter at Opposition

Apr 7, 2017 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed the Solar System’s largest planet on April 3, 2017 — just days before it is in opposition on April...

This is an artist impression of a progenitor of Milky Way-like galaxies in the early Universe with a background quasar shining through a ‘super halo’ of hydrogen gas surrounding the galaxy. New ALMA observations of two such galaxies reveal that these vast halos extend well beyond the galaxies’ dusty, star-forming disks. Image credit: A. Angelich / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

ALMA Spots Two Young Milky Way-Like Galaxies in Early Universe

Apr 3, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed a pair of massive, dusty galaxies seen when the Universe was only...