Two new probable gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by cataclysmic cosmic events and…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
Research on disk galaxies sheds light on movement of stars
University of Arkansas astrophysicists have taken an important step toward solving the mystery of how disk…
A new eye on the cosmos
How do galaxies form and evolve? And how do central supermassive black holes form in galaxies…
The Universe’s First Type of Molecule Is Found at Last
The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space…
Unrivaled View of the Southern Crab Nebula
This incredible image of the hourglass-shaped Southern Crab Nebula was taken to mark the NASA/ESA Hubble…
Deep Space X-ray Burst Gives Astronomers New Signal To Detect Neutron Star Merger
An international team of astronomers, including faculty and alumni from UNLV, has discovered a new way…
Hubble Peers At Cosmic Blue Bauble
Globular clusters are inherently beautiful objects, but the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image,…
Pinpointing The Origin of Photons in Mysterious Gamma-ray Bursts
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and collaborators have used simulations to show that…