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Close Encounters between Centaurs and Gas Giants Form Our Solar System’s ‘Pinky Rings’

Aug 19, 2016 by James Romero

Our gas giants strip the icy surface off minor planets to form miniature versions of Saturn’s famous rings throughout the outer solar system, according...

This is an infographic explaining the fact that 10 trillionths of your suntan comes from beyond our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: Dan Hutton / ICRAR.

Extragalactic Light is Contributing to Your Suntan, Astronomers Say

Aug 17, 2016 by News Staff

Ten trillionths of your suntan comes from beyond our Milky Way Galaxy, according to a team of astronomers led by Prof. Simon Driver from the University...

Dresden Codex Venus Table Reveals Ancient Mayans Made Major Discovery in Astronomy, Math

Aug 17, 2016 by News Staff

The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex, first panel on left, and the first three pages of the Table. Image credit: University of California,...

These Hubble images show small, ancient galaxies Pisces A (left) and Pisces B. Image credit: NASA / ESA / E. Tollerud, STScI.

Hubble Sees Two Dwarf Galaxies in Pisces

Aug 15, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured incredible images of two small, ancient galaxies in the constellation of Pisces. According to astronomers,...

This Hubble image shows DEM L71, a supernova remnant located 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chu.

Distant Supernova Remnant Imaged by Hubble Space Telescope

Aug 15, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the supernova remnant DEM L71, which is found in the constellation of Dorado. This Hubble image...

Artist’s impression of Planet Nine. Image credit: Tom Ruen / ESO.

Our Tilting Solar System Could Hint at Properties of Proposed Planet Nine

Aug 12, 2016 by James Romero

A Cornell University Professor’s recalculation of models linking a proposed 9th solar system planet to a slant in the orbital plane around our Sun could...

VLT Survey Telescope Observes Messier 18

Aug 10, 2016 by News Staff

ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope at Paranal Observatory, Chile, has captured a new image of the star cluster Messier 18, also known as NGC 6613 and M18. Messier...

This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the irregular galaxy NGC 2337. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 2337

Aug 8, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of nearby galaxy NGC 2337. This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on...

An artist’s concept of the implied distribution of Cepheids (blue) in the Milky Way. With the exception of a small clump in the Galactic center, the central 8,000 light years appear to have very few Cepheids, and hence very few young stars. Image credit: University of Tokyo.

Large Stellar Void Found in Our Milky Way Galaxy

Aug 4, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has found that there is a huge region in the inner part of the Galactic disc that is devoid of stars known as Cepheids. An...

This artist’s concept depicts a super-Earth. Image credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Create Catalog of Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Aug 4, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of astronomers from the United States and France has pinpointed which of 4,270 exoplanets discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission are most likely...

This is an artist's impression of an exoplanet. Image credit: Ron Miller.

Life as We Know It is Premature from Cosmic Perspective, Study Suggests

Aug 2, 2016 by News Staff

The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, while Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. Some cosmologists think this time gap means that life on other planets...

This image shows a small but bright globular cluster called NGC 4833, which lies in the constellation of Musca, about 22,000 light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Distant Globular Cluster

Aug 1, 2016 by Natali Anderson

This image from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) is likely the best of the star cluster NGC 4833. This image shows a small but bright globular...

Astronomers Spot Loneliest Young Star

Jul 28, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Texas Tech University scientist Dr. Christopher Britt has spotted a very young star, called CXOGBS J173643.8-282122...

This artist’s impression shows AR Scorpii. In this unique double star a rapidly spinning white dwarf star (right) powers electrons up to almost the speed of light. These high energy particles release blasts of radiation that lash the companion red dwarf star (left) and cause the entire system to pulse dramatically every 1.97 minutes with radiation ranging from the ultraviolet to radio. Image credit: M. Garlick / University of Warwick / ESO.

Astronomers Find New Type of Binary Star

Jul 27, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a new type of binary star, in which a rapidly-spinning white dwarf star sweeps powerful beams of...

Our Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by an enormous halo of plasma (seen in blue in this artists’ rendition). Image credit: NASA / CXC / M.Weiss / Ohio State / A. Gupta et al.

Milky Way’s Halo Spins in the Same Direction as Galactic Disk, Say Astronomers

Jul 27, 2016 by News Staff

The gaseous halo of our Milky Way Galaxy is spinning in the same direction and at a similar speed as the Galaxy’s disk, which contains stars, planets,...

This image from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 is likely the best of the supernova remnant DEM L316A, which resides in the galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA/ ESA / Hubble / Y. Chu.

Hubble Zooms in on Supernova Debris in Large Magellanic Cloud

Jul 25, 2016 by News Staff

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the remains of a supernova explosion known as DEM L316A. This image...

In the center of this Hubble image is the immense galaxy cluster Abell S1063, located 4 billion light-years away, and surrounded by magnified images of galaxies much farther. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Lotz, STScI.

Hubble Snaps Extraordinary Image of Galaxy Cluster Abell S1063

Jul 21, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking photo of Abell S1063, a massive cluster of galaxies in the constellation Grus. In the center...

Exoplanets TRAPPIST-1b and c Confirmed to be Rocky

Jul 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

TRAPPIST-1b and c, the two innermost planets in the three-planet system TRAPPIST-1, are primarily rocky, unlike gas giants such as Jupiter, according to...

An artist’s rendition of the K2-72 planetary system. Image credit: NASA / JPL.

NASA’s Kepler/K2 Mission Confirms 104 New Extrasolar Planets

Jul 20, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

A team of astronomers has reported a huge haul of new exoplanets discovered and confirmed using data from the first year of the Kepler/K2 mission. Among...