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Possible Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Binary Luhman 16AB

An artist's conception of the binary system WISE 1049-5319 with the Sun in the background (Janella Williams / Penn State University)
Dec 17, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers have detected what they think may be an exoplanet circling a brown dwarf pair called Luhman 16AB, the third-closest star system to the Sun. An artist’s conception of the binary system WISE 1049-5319 with the Sun in the background (Janella Williams / Penn State University) Luhman 16AB, also known as WISE 1049-5319, was discovered earlier this year by Prof Kevin Luhman of Penn State University and his colleagues. “The distance to...

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The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant. Observers in China and Japan recorded the supernova nearly 1,000 years ago, in 1054. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Hester and A. Loll, Arizona State University.

Noble Gas Molecule Detected in Space for First Time

Dec 13, 2013 by News Staff

A molecule containing the noble gas argon has been discovered in the beautiful Crab Nebula, the remains of a star that exploded 1,000 years ago. Before...

HD 106906b: Unique Super-Jupiter Exoplanet Discovered

Dec 6, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a giant extrasolar planet orbiting its star at more than 20 times the average Neptune-Sun...

This composite image shows the X-ray binary Circinus X-1. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / University of Wisconsin-Madison / S.Heinz et al; optical - DSS; radio – CSIRO / ATNF / ATCA.

Chandra Discovers Youngest X-ray Binary in Milky Way

Dec 5, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have reported the discovery of the youngest X-ray binary ever found in our Milky Way Galaxy. This...

This is an artist's impression of a star's light illuminating the atmosphere of an exoplanet. Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Astronomers Detect Signs of Water on Five Exoplanets

Dec 4, 2013 by News Staff

Two teams of scientists using the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have detected faint signatures of water in the atmospheres...

About 44 million stars and galaxies, among them hundreds of thousands that are unexpectedly fading or brightening, have been catalogued by astronomers from Australia and UK. Image credit: NASA / ESA / W. Clarkson, Indiana University and UCLA / K. Sahu, STScI.

Astronomers Create Catalogue of 44 Million Stars and Galaxies

Dec 2, 2013 by News Staff

By combining photographic and digital data from the US Naval Observatory-B and Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR9 catalogues, astronomers have made one of the...

This image shows ULX-1 near a spiral arm of the galaxy Messier 101. Image credit: Chandra X-ray Observatory / Spitzer Satellite / Hubble Space Telescope / GALEX Satellite.

ULX-1: Astronomers Discover Tiny, Strange Black Hole in Messier 101

Nov 28, 2013 by News Staff

New observations of the galaxy Messier 101 have yielded the discovery of an unusual black hole that can sustain a hugely voracious appetite while consuming...

This image shows the emission nebula NGC 2035 in Large Magellanic Cloud. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Sees Dragon’s Head Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud

Nov 27, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers used ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile to observe the emission nebula NGC...

This composite image shows the Tycho supernova remnant. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / Rutgers / K. Eriksen et al.; optical: DSS.

Astronomers Shed More Light on Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

Nov 26, 2013 by News Staff

New observations of the famous Tycho’s supernova remnant by the Suzaku X-ray astronomy satellite have revealed that a reverse shock wave racing inward...

This image shows Stephan's Quintet - NGC 7317, NGC 7318a, NGC 7318b and NGC 7319 - a compact group of galaxies located about 280 million light years away. A prominent foreground galaxy called NGC 7320 is not a member of the group. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / CfA / E.O'Sullivan; optical - Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope / Coelum.

Astronomers Say Galaxies in Groups are Running out of Fuel

Nov 25, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists using the Arecibo radio telescope measured the hydrogen content of 250 galaxies located in different environments to show that galaxies...

Optical afterglow of GRB 130427A. Image credit: J. Mats / H. Lars / H. Patrik.

GRB 130427A: Brightest Ever Gamma-Ray Burst Detected

Nov 21, 2013 by News Staff

An unusual stellar explosion observed on April 27, 2013 by NASA’s Swift satellite is the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever recorded, says a multinational...

A jet from the supermassive black hole in the center of Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / UCLA / Z. Li et al; radio – NRAO / VLA.

Chandra Captures Jet from Supermassive Black Hole in Milky Way’s Center

Nov 21, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Array radio telescope to detect a jet from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*),...

This is an artist's impression of a brown dwarf. Image credit: John Pinfield.

Milky Way Galaxy’s Oldest Brown Dwarfs Discovered

Nov 20, 2013 by News Staff

British astronomers reporting in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (arXiv.org) have found two of the oldest brown dwarfs in...

What Our Milky Way Galaxy Looked Like 11 Billion Years Ago

Nov 15, 2013 by News Staff

Using Hubble’s deep-sky surveys, NASA astronomers have studied the evolution of 400 Milky Way-like galaxies to show how our own Galaxy looked like...

This is a model of the black hole system with jets. Image credit: J. Miller-Jones, ICRAR / R. Hynes.

Scientists Solve Long Standing Mystery of Black Hole Jets

Nov 13, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers using ESA’s XMM-Newton Space Telescope has found the first evidence of heavy atoms in jets emitted by a stellar-mass...

This image shows the young star cluster NGC 3572 and its surroundings. Image credit: ESO / G. Beccari.

Astronomers Capture Glowing Clouds around Star Cluster NGC 3572

Nov 13, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists using the 2.2-m telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile, have captured a stunning new image of glowing gas clouds around the young open star...

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...

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