Researchers using the Gemini North telescope on Hawai’i’s Maunakea have detected the most energetic wind from…
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Astronomy
A Supernova That Outshines All Others
A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than any…
In a First, NASA Measures Wind Speed on a Brown Dwarf
Not quite planets and not quite stars, brown dwarfs are cosmic in-betweeners. Learning about their atmospheres…
Rethinking Cosmology: The Universe’s Expansion May Not Be Uniform
Astronomers have assumed for decades that the Universe is expanding at the same rate in all…
The Milky Way’s Satellites Help Reveal Link Between Dark Matter Halos And Galaxy Formation
Just as the sun has planets and the planets have moons, our galaxy has satellite galaxies,…
Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy
This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls…
James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a Success
As Webb progresses towards liftoff in 2021, technicians and engineers have been diligently checking off a…
Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole
Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole…
Astrophotonics: Astronomy and Modern Optics
Much of the progress in Astronomy has been driven by instrumental developments, from the first telescopes…
ALMA Resolves Gas Impacted By Young Jets From Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light-years…