Stars are not perfect spheres. While they rotate, they become flat due to the centrifugal force....
Author: Keith Cowing
Do Extremely Reddened Quasars Extinguish Star Formation?
Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding…
Do Extremely Reddened Quasars Extinguish Star Formation?
Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding…
Gaia’s Virtual Milky Way
ESA's Gaia is surveying stars in our Galaxy and local galactic neighborhood in order to build…
Gaia’s Virtual Milky Way
ESA's Gaia is surveying stars in our Galaxy and local galactic neighborhood in order to build…
Spectrograph Analyzes Light From Extrasolar Planets
A team of scientists and engineers led by Princeton researchers recently reported the successful operation of…
Spectrograph Analyzes Light From Extrasolar Planets
A team of scientists and engineers led by Princeton researchers recently reported the successful operation of…
Space Telescopes Pinpoint Elusive Brown Dwarf
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, NASA's Spitzer and Swift space telescopes joined forces to observe a microlensing…
Space Telescopes Pinpoint Elusive Brown Dwarf
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, NASA's Spitzer and Swift space telescopes joined forces to observe a microlensing…
Starvation Diet for Black Hole Dims Brilliant Galaxy
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behavior of a supermassive black hole…