Apr 24, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have discovered, for the first time, a pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around one...

Mar 25, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using data from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have completed the largest-ever survey of cosmic dust, spanning 323 nearby galaxies located...

May 23, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to an international team of astronomers working with ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope, two gas-rich, actively star-forming galaxies that collided...

Apr 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have captured the first images of a dust belt orbiting a subgiant star known to host a planetary system. Kappa...

Nov 21, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

European astronomers using ESA’s Planck Space Telescope have detected a 10 million light-years long bridge of hot gas connecting a pair of galaxy clusters,...

Nov 1, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists using the European Photon Imaging Camera aboard ESA’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton has snapped a stunning new...

Oct 19, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of astrophysicists using ESA’s International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Integral) has reported the first direct detection of radioactive...

Oct 15, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

New X-Ray observations made with ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Swift space telescopes have provided evidence for the interaction of fierce stellar winds...

Oct 11, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered huge amounts of water vapor in a cold pre-stellar core in the constellation of Taurus...

Oct 8, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have detected magnesium-rich material in a dust belt around the young star Beta Pictoris. This composite...

Sep 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

New observations made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton, and Japan’s Suzaku have provided evidence that our Galaxy...

Aug 3, 2012 by News Staff

ESA’s Mars Express has observed the southern part of a 440-km wide crater, informally named Ladon basin. The image shows the interconnected craters Sigli...

Jul 12, 2012 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected a fifth and tiniest moon yet orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. This image, taken by...

Jul 11, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected meteorological variations in the atmosphere of the exoplanet...

Jul 10, 2012 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has studied some of the smallest and faintest galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers...

Jul 4, 2012 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers combining data from the Japan-led Suzaku satellite, the ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory...

Jul 4, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a new image of Herbig-Haro 110, a geyser of hot gas flowing from a newborn star. Hubble...

Jun 29, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers using three different telescopes – NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton in space,...

Jun 25, 2012 by News Staff

A new research by ESA scientists is giving credibility to theories that life came from outer space – as well as helping to create better suncreams. An...

Jun 1, 2012 by News Staff

Using data from ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers have detected a long-sought X-ray echo that promises a new way to probe supermassive black holes...