An international team has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond. This 'fast radio burst' (FRB) is the most distant ever detected. Its source was pinned down by t...
Astronomers have long sought to map the night skies, not only to fill in our picture of the cosmos we inhabit, but also to support further research. Comprehensive compilations of astronomical objects ...
The latest addition to the cosmic collection of Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients raises new questions about the origins of these powerful yet enigmatic explosions.Using data from Gemini South and...
DECam captures the stunning layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 and nearby gravitational lensing in large 250-megapixel imageThe symmetrical, onion-like layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 are showcased in th...
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 26, to discuss the upcoming annular solar eclipse. The annular eclipse will cross the U.S. from Oregon to Texas on Saturday, Oct. ...
Kitt Peak National Observatory will begin a limited reopening program to welcome the public through its doors and domes starting Friday 22 September. Following a more than three-year closure as a resu...
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now ...
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us: we ...
With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three #europeansouthernobservatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the stra...
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot o...
21 August 2023The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the well-known Ring Nebula with unprecedented detail. Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the ...
Research team including #noirlab astronomer identify highly unusual star that may evolve into a magnetar — the most magnetic object in the known Universe17 August 2023A team of researchers, including ...
Editor's Note: This release has been updated to add additional graphics, captions, and to spell out the words degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.According to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Spa...
On the heels of record-breaking temperatures in June, #nasa will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 14, to discuss its latest climate data.The news conference will air live on #nasa...
- #isabeljiang, 12th grader from Hillsborough, California, recognized in research competition- Research will be the 11th Genes in Space student experiment performed by astronauts aboard the Internatio...
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