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Breakthrough Listen Finds No Alien Signals from Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov

Feb 20, 2020 by News Staff

Breakthrough Listen, the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth, has released data from its...

Range-Doppler radar image (colorized) of the binary near-Earth asteroid 2020 BX12. Image credit: Arecibo Observatory.

Arecibo Observatory Reveals Near-Earth Asteroid 2020 BX12 Has Large Moon

Feb 20, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using a radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory have captured the first images of the recently-discovered near-Earth asteroid 2020 BX12....

This is an artistic impression of a red dwarf star’s magnetic interaction with its exoplanet. Image credit: Danielle Futselaar, Artsource.nl.

Astronomers Find New Way to Study Planets around Red Dwarf Stars

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have observed radio waves that carry the distinct signatures of extraterrestrial aurorae,...

CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia. Image credit: Shaun Amy.

Breakthrough Listen Scientists Release New Data from SETI Survey of Milky Way

Feb 18, 2020 by News Staff

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative, the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of alien civilizations, has released data from...

Betelgeuse: VLT Observes Dimming Supergiant Star

Feb 17, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using two instruments on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured new images of a red supergiant star called Betelgeuse. The images...

This Hubble image shows the central region of the spiral galaxy NGC 4689. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Takes Closer Look at Stunning Spiral Galaxy: NGC 4689

Feb 17, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have photographed the central part of a spiral galaxy called NGC 4689. This Hubble image shows the...

This view of Titan is among the last images NASA’s Cassini spacecraft sent to Earth before it plunged into the giant planet’s atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Cosmic Rays from beyond Solar System Affect Atmosphere of Titan

Feb 14, 2020 by News Staff

Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of Japanese researchers has found that Galactic cosmic rays affect the...

An artist’s rendering of an extrasolar gas giant. Image credit: NASA.

Astronomers Discover Nearest-Known Newborn Gas Giant

Feb 13, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using data from ESA’s Gaia star-mapping satellite have discovered a newborn gaseous exoplanet closer to Earth than any other of similarly...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft, shown above the Earth as it faces toward the Sun. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Celebrates Decade of Watching Sun

Feb 12, 2020 by News Staff

In February 2020, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is celebrating its 10th year in space. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft,...

An artist’s impression of the EPIC 249893012 planetary system. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Astronomers Find Three Massive Exoplanets Orbiting Evolved Star

Feb 12, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Using data from NASA’s Kepler/K2 mission and several ground-based instruments, astronomers have discovered a planetary system with three transiting planets...

An artist’s impression of TOI-503b and its star. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Long-Period Giant Planets Form Differently than Brown Dwarfs, Say Astronomers

Feb 12, 2020 by News Staff

Using the 10-m Keck II telescope at the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers has studied the orbits of 27 long-period giant...

An artist’s impression of an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Asteroid Belt Will Be Pulverised by Sun in Six Billion Years, Researchers Predict

Feb 11, 2020 by News Staff

According to new research by University of Warwick and University of Colorado, Boulder scientists, electromagnetic radiation from stars at the end of their...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2008, a spiral galaxy located 426 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Bellini.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of NGC 2008

Feb 10, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2008. This Hubble image shows NGC 2008, a...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy NGC 4490. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Calzetti, UMass / LEGUS Team / J. Maund, University of Sheffield / R. Chandar, University of Toledo.

Interacting Spiral Galaxy NGC 4490 Has Double Nucleus

Feb 6, 2020 by News Staff

One nucleus in NGC 4490 is visible in the optical wavelengths, while the other is only visible at infrared and radio wavelengths, according to a new study...

Extremely Massive Quiescent Galaxy Spotted in Early Universe

Feb 6, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Multi-Object Spectrograph for Infrared Exploration (MOSFIRE) at the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered an ultramassive galaxy...

This ALMA image shows the outcome of a stellar fight: a complex and stunning gas environment surrounding the binary system HD 101584. The colors represent speed, going from blue (gas moving the fastest towards us) to red (gas moving the fastest away from us). Jets, almost along the line of sight, propel the material in blue and red. The stars in the binary are located at the single bright dot at the center of the ring-like structure shown in green, which is moving with the same velocity as the system as a whole along the line of sight. Astronomers believe this ring has its origin in the material ejected as the lower mass star in the binary spiraled towards its red-giant partner. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Olofsson et al / Robert Cumming.

Astronomers Probe Peculiar Binary System: HD 101584

Feb 5, 2020 by News Staff

There is growing evidence that evolution of red giant stars is often affected by an interplay with a nearby companion. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope was placed in safe mode on January 30, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. PST). Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NASA Retires Spitzer Space Telescope

Feb 3, 2020 by News Staff

After more than 16 years studying the Universe in infrared light, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been placed in safe mode. NASA’s Spitzer Space...

This Hubble image reveals a detailed view of the central part of the grand design spiral galaxy NGC 5364. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Four filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / L. Ho.

Hubble Focuses on Grand Design Spiral Galaxy NGC 5364

Feb 3, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a vivid image of the central part of a grand design spiral galaxy called NGC 5364. This Hubble image reveals...

An artist’s depiction of a rapidly spinning neutron star and a white dwarf dragging the fabric of spacetime around its orbit. Image credit: Mark Myers, OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence.

Exotic Binary System Confirms Relativistic Frame-Dragging

Jan 31, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has found exciting new evidence for Lense-Thirring precession — an effect of relativistic frame-dragging —...