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This is an artist’s impression of a quasar. Image credit: NASA / CXC / M. Weiss / Nahks Tr’Ehnl / Nurten Filiz Ak.

Astronomers Discover New Class of Quasars

Nov 11, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Dr Patrick Hall of York University in Toronto has discovered a new type of quasars. This is an artist’s impression...

This Chandra X-ray image of the Messier 62's central region shows the black hole M62-VLA1, orange circle. A red cross marks the cluster photometric center. Image credit: Laura Chomiuk et al.

Astrophysicists Discover Black Hole in Globular Cluster Messier 62

Nov 5, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers reported the first-ever discovery of a black hole in a globular star cluster in our Milky Way Galaxy. This Chandra X-ray image of...

Proxima Centauri. Image credit: Hubble / ESA / NASA.

Proxima Centauri: Hubble Captures Sharpest-Ever Image of Sun’s Nearest Neighbor

Nov 4, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to obtain the best view yet of our closest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri. Image...

This is an artist's impression of the Smith Cloud approaching our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: Bill Saxton / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Magnetically Shielded Giant Cloud to Collide with Milky Way Galaxy in 30 Million Years

Nov 1, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers have reported the discovery of a magnetic field in the Smith Cloud, a gigantic streamer of hydrogen gas that will plunge into our Galaxy in...

This composite image shows the Crab Nebula. The Crab pulsar is in the center of the image. Image credit: X-ray - NASA / CXC / ASU / J. Hester et al.; optical - NASA / HST / ASU / J. Hester et al.

European Astronomers Zoom in on Enigmatic Crab Pulsar

Nov 1, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists from UK and Germany used a 42-ft telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, to determine how the magnetic field...

Kepler-78b: Earth-Like Exoplanet with Extreme Conditions

Oct 31, 2013 by News Staff

According to astronomers reporting in the journal Nature, Kepler-78b is the first Earth-sized exoplanet found to have an Earth-like density. This image...

This image shows the Boomerang Nebula - the coldest place in the Universe. Image credit: Bill Saxton / NRAO / AUI / NSF / NASA / Hubble / Raghvendra Sahai.

Boomerang Nebula: Astronomers Observe Coldest Place in Universe

Oct 25, 2013 by News Staff

A multinational group of scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array in Chile to observe the Boomerang Nebula – the coldest...

This is an artist's impression of the galaxy Z8-GND-5296. Image credit: V. Tilvi / S.L. Finkelstein / C. Papovich / the Hubble Heritage Team.

Z8-GND-5296: Most Distant Galaxy Yet Discovered

Oct 24, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Dr Steven Willner from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered what they believe is the most distant galaxy ever...

iPTF: New Astronomical System Discovers Unique Type Ib Supernova

Oct 23, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers used a new astronomical software system called the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory to discover a new Type Ib supernova and link it to...

This image shows the quadruple gravitational lens J1000+0221. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. van der Wel.

Most Distant Gravitational Lens Discovered

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered what they say is the most distant gravitational lens yet. This image shows the quadruple...

This image shows the red supergiant star W26. Clouds of glowing hydrogen gas are seen around the star as green features. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Survey / N. Wright.

Astronomers Discover Ionized Nebula around Largest Star in Known Universe

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers has used ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile to discover and observe an ionized nebula...

High-resolution simulation of a galaxy hosting a super-luminous supernova. Image credit: Adrian Malec / Marie Martig / Swinburne University.

Study Provides New Insight into Origins of Super-Luminous Supernovae

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of astronomers reporting in the journal Nature, super-luminous supernovae are powered by small and incredibly dense neutron stars,...

This composite image shows the central parts of the nearby active galaxy NGC 1433. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / NASA / ESA / F. Combes.

Astronomers Focus on Jets from Nearby and Distant Supermassive Black Holes

Oct 16, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in the Atacama Desert, Chile, have observed jets from giant black holes in the nearby...

This is an artist's rendition of the Milky Way, overlaid with results from the survey of early star-forming clouds. Each dot represents a dark cloud of dense gas and dust in the process of collapsing to give rise to a future cluster of stars. Image credit: R. Hurt / NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSC.

Milky Way Galaxy’s Early Star-Forming Clouds Mapped

Oct 14, 2013 by News Staff

The biggest-ever survey of dense clumps in our Milky Way Galaxy, published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, has catalogued and mapped 6,194...

This artist's impression shows the exoplanet Corot-7b, which is so close to its Sun-like host star that it must experience extreme conditions. Image credit: ESO / L. Calcada.

Astronomers Discover Thirteen Exoplanets Skimming Stellar Surface of Host Stars

Oct 14, 2013 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, a team of astronomers led by Carnegie Institution scientist Dr Brian Jackson has found 13 extrasolar planets...

This image shows petal-like shells of the giant early-type galaxy PGC 6240. Image credit: ESA / Hubble team / NASA; acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt.

PGC 6240: Astronomers Spot Distant ‘White Rose’ Galaxy

Oct 11, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of astronomers has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to observe petal-like shells of the elliptical galaxy PGC 6240. This...

This is an artist's impression of a rocky and water-rich asteroid being torn apart by the strong gravity of the white dwarf star GD 61. Image credit: Mark A. Garlick, Space-art.co.uk / University of Warwick / University of Cambridge.

Astronomers Discover Water-Rich Asteroid Debris Orbiting White Dwarf GD 61

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

British and German astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory have detected the remains of an asteroid...

This is an artist's impression of the free-floating planet PSO J318.5-22. Image credit: MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz.

PSO J318.5-22: Free-Floating Exoplanet Found 80 Light-Years from Earth

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Pan-STARRS 1 wide-field survey telescope on Haleakala, Maui, have discovered a very young free-floating planet named PSO J318.5-22. This...

This image shows the Toby Jug Nebula. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Capture Stunning New Image of Toby Jug Nebula

Oct 9, 2013 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed image of the reflection nebula IC 2220, also known as the...