For the first time, a freshly made heavy element, strontium, has been detected in space, in…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
New Measurement Of Hubble Constant Adds To Cosmic Mystery
New measurements of the rate of expansion of the universe, led by astronomers at the University…
Astronomers Discover Monster Galaxy Lurking In Distant Dust Clouds
A team of astronomers including assistant professor Kate Whitaker at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports…
Gravity Crystals: A New Method For Exploring The Physics Of White Dwarf Stars
Grab a mixing bowl from your kitchen, throw in a handful of aluminum balls, apply some…
A Star Is Born: Using Lasers To Study How Star Stuff Is Made
On a typical day at the world’s biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore,…
Stormy Cluster Weather Could Unleash Black Hole Power And Explain Lack Of Cosmic Cooling
“Weather” in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers…
Gas Waterfalls Reveal Infant Planets Around Young Star
The birthplaces of planets are disks made out of gas and dust. Click…
Going Against the Flow Around a Supermassive Black Hole
At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a…
Black Holes Stunt The Growth Of Dwarf Galaxies
Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black…
Revealing the Milky Way’s Center
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes…