In the continuing search for dark matter in our universe, scientists believe they have found a…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomers Release New All-Sky Map of Milky Way’s Outer Reaches
Astronomers using data from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) telescopes have released a new all-sky…
Outback Radio Telescope Discovers Dense, Spinning, Dead Star
Astronomers have discovered a pulsar–a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the…
Atom Interferometry Demonstrated In Space For The First Time
Extremely precise measurements are possible using atom interferometers that employ the wave character of atoms for…
New NASA Visualization Probes The Light-bending Dance Of Binary Black Holes
A pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun’s mass perform a hypnotic pas…
Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87…
Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula
To create this colorful image, observations were taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument using…
Latin American HECAP Physics Briefing Book
The present document, the Latin American HECAP Physics Briefing Book, is the result of this ambitious…
Hubble Takes a Spiral Snapshot Of M61
The luminous heart of the galaxy M61 dominates this image, framed by its winding spiral arms…
"Yellowballs" Offer New Insights Into Star Formation
A serendipitous discovery by citizen scientists has provided a unique new window into the diverse environments…