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Astronomers Find 26 Possible Black Holes in Andromeda Galaxy

This wide-field view of Andromeda contains optical data from the Burrell Schmidt telescope of the Warner and Swansey Observatory on Kitt Peak in Arizona. The marked area shows the region of the Chandra observations (NOAO / AURA / NSF / REU Prog. / B. Schoening, V. Harvey / Descubre Fndn. / CAHA / OAUV / DSA / V.Peris)
Jun 17, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has reported the detection of 26 black hole candidates in Messier 31, also known as the Andromeda Galaxy. 26 black hole candidates, labeled, have been detected in the Andromeda Galaxy (NASA / CXC / SAO / R. Barnard et al) “While we are excited to find so many black holes in Andromeda, we think it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Most black holes won’t...

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TW Hydrae protoplanetary disk (NASA / ESA / J. Debes, STScI / H. Jang-Condell, University of Wyoming / A. Weinberger, Carnegie Institution of Washington / A. Roberge, Goddard Space Flight Center / G. Schneider, University of Arizona, Steward Observatory / A. Feild, STScI, AURA)

Young Planet around TW Hydrae Challenges Theories on How Planets Form

Jun 15, 2013 by News Staff

A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal (arXiv.org version) provides evidence that an extrasolar planet may be forming quite far from a small...

The open star cluster NGC 3766 is located in the constellation of Centaurus. New observations of NGC 3766’s stars have shown that 36 of them are of a new and unknown class of variable stars (ESO)

Astronomers Discover New Class of Variable Stars

Jun 12, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Multi-band observations of NGC 3766, an open star cluster located about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, have yielded the discovery...

The galaxy Segue 2: boxes are ten member stars identified so far by University of California Irvine astronomers and their colleagues (Sci-News.com / Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg / SIMBAD)

Segue 2: Most Lightweight Galaxy in Universe

Jun 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to the findings of a study published online in the Astrophysical Journal, a dwarf galaxy named Segue 2 is the least massive galaxy in the known...

Artist’s impression of the dust trap in the system Oph-IRS 48 (ESO / L. Calçada)

Comet Factory around Oph-IRS 48 Helps Solve Planet Formation Mystery

Jun 7, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured an image of a so-called ‘dust trap’ – a region where...

An artist's rendering of exoplanet KELT-6b by Lexington, KY-based artist Erin Plew of Queen of Arts LLC (Vanderbilt University)

Astronomy Student Discovers Saturn-like Exoplanet KELT-6b

Jun 5, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Doctoral student Karen Collins from the University of Louisville and her colleagues using the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) have discovered...

This image shows the exoplanet candidate HD95086 b (ESO / J. Rameau)

Astronomers Directly Image Exoplanet Candidate HD95086 b

Jun 3, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have captured an image of a faint object circling the young, dusty, early-type star HD 95086. With a mass...

Composite image of the magnetar SGR 0418 (X-ray: NASA / CXC / CSIC-IEEC / N.Rea et al.; optical: Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes / WHT; infrared: NASA / JPL-Caltech)

Astronomers Discover SGR 0418, Magnetar with Lowest Surface Magnetic Field

May 28, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers using X-ray data from NASA’s Swift, RXTE, Chandra and ESA’s XMM-Newton Space Observatories has discovered...

Artist's conception of the double-star system SS Cygni (David T Hardy)

Amateur Astronomers Help Measure Distance to SS Cygni

May 24, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers has precisely located one of the most-observed variable-star systems in the sky – a double-star system called...

Hubble image of the Ring Nebula (NASA / ESA / C. Robert O’Dell, Vanderbilt University)

New Hubble Image Reveals True Shape of Ring Nebula

May 24, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image to date of the famous Ring Nebula, also...

Astronomers Discover Extremely Luminous Mega-Galaxy

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...

This new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky (ESO / Digitized Sky Survey 2)

APEX Sees Star Formation in Orion Nebula

May 21, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in Chile has captured a stunning new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion. This...

Einstein’s Planet: Special Theory of Relativity Helps Astronomers Discover Kepler-76b

May 14, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of scientists from Israel and the United States has reported the first-ever discovery of an extrasolar planet using a novel method...

PSR J0348+0432 (John Antoniadis et al)

Bizarre Pulsar-White Dwarf Pair Proves Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

May 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has discovered and studied a strange stellar pair about 7,000 light-years...

Betelgeuse e-MERLIN image (University of Manchester)

Astronomers Observe Mysterious Hot Spots on Betelgeuse

Apr 25, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using e-MERLIN Radio Telescope Array at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, UK, have captured a new image of the outer atmosphere of...

Blazar PKS 1424+240 (Perugia Blazar List)

Extremely Distant Blazar Puzzles Astrophysicists

Apr 23, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a study accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters (arXiv.org version), a blazar called PKS 1424+240 is the most distant...

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Horsehead Nebula: Spectacular New Image from Hubble

Apr 22, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable new view of the Horsehead Nebula in infrared light. This new Hubble image...

Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the Sun (NASA Ames / JPL-Caltech)

Earth-like Planets Found in Habitable Zone around Kepler-62, Kepler-69

Apr 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Using observations with NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earths in the habitable...

Chandra Sees Supernova SN 1006 in Exquisite Detail

Apr 18, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the most detailed view yet of the supernova SN 1006. X-ray image of the SN 1006...

This artist’s concept illustrates how charged water particles flow into the Saturnian atmosphere from the planet's rings, causing a reduction in atmospheric brightness (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute / University of Leicester)

Astronomers See Rain Falling from Saturn’s Rings

Apr 16, 2013 by News Staff

New observations made with the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, have tracked the ‘rain’ of charged water particles into the atmosphere...

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