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Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
Studies with the VLA indicate that roughly half of the massive black holes in dwarf galaxies are not in the centers of those galaxies. This gives astronomers new insights into...
Watch: Deputies discover cries for help were coming from playful parrot
Deputies in Florida responded to a home where shouts for help were heard by a neighbor and discovered the distressed cries were coming from a playful parrot.
New research looks at neutron star blasts
X-ray bursts are highly energetic releases of radiation from the surfaces of neutron stars, triggered by the explosive burning of material accumulated on the surface. It's the same type of...
The home galaxy of a second repeating fast radio burst is a puzzle
Brief, brilliant flashes of radio waves have been traced back to a galaxy that looks like the Milky Way — a radically different environment from where astronomers have seen similar radio flares before....
Scientists develop new method to detect oxygen on exoplanets
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres that may accelerate the search for life.
NASA's SLS moon rocket readies for next pit stop on way to Kennedy Space Center
The next rocket NASA wants to send to the moon is about to leave the house it was built in for a new home, but isn't quite ready for Kennedy...
Hubble marks 30th anniversary year with portrait of massive barred spiral galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope kicked off its 30th anniversary year with a new portrait of UGC 2885, a barred spiral galaxy that astronomers estimate is one of the largest in...
FOXSI's X-ray Optics and Detectors Put the Sun in Focus
This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket KEY POINTS This third flight of the FOXSI experiment featured direct-focusing...
North Korea defends 'peaceful' satellite launches, report says
North Korea is determined to press forward with space development "regardless of any opposition," according to a South Korean press report.
Watch: 'Jeopardy: Greatest of All Time to feature 'incredibly daunting competition'
Leading "Jeopardy!" winners Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter appeared on "Good Morning America" Monday to discuss their upcoming "Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time" competition.
Glitch detected in the pulsar PSR J0908−4913
Using the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST), astronomers have detected a glitch in the radio pulsar PSR J0908−4913. The finding, detailed in a paper published December 18 on the arXiv...
Image: Hubble sights galaxy's celestial sequins
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for...
The so-called ‘angel particle’ still a mystery
A 2017 report of the discovery of a particular kind of Majorana fermion — the chiral Majorana fermion, referred to as the “angel particle” — is likely a false alarm,...
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies
Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the Universe have gained important new clues with the discovery of 13 such...
Firefly Aerospace Preps for Debut Flight of Its Alpha Rocket in April
The first launch of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket has pushed to April 2020 as the company prepares for a very busy year.
James Webb Space Telescope on Track for March 2021 Launch, NASA Says
NASA's next flagship space telescope is still on track for a launch in March 2021 despite longstanding scheduling concerns, according to agency personnel.
The Hubble Telescope Turns 30 This Year. Here's How Astronomers Will Celebrate.
Astronomers kicked off 2020 by welcoming the 30th anniversary year of NASA's venerable Hubble Space Telescope in Honolulu at their largest annual gathering.
Simulated image demonstrates the power of NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope
Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million miles from Earth, scanning the universe at warp speed.
Expert discusses clearest image known of a cluster of galaxies from 10 billion years ago
Using high-powered telescopes including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists from Canada, the United States and Denmark have captured the clearest image known of a cluster of galaxies from 10 billion...
NASA's Great Observatories help astronomers build a 3-D visualization of exploded star
In the year 1054 AD, Chinese sky watchers witnessed the sudden appearance of a "new star" in the heavens, which they recorded as six times brighter than Venus, making it...
Astronomers detect first stars 'bubbling out' from the cosmic Dark Ages
Astronomers using the Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, have identified several overlapping bubbles of hydrogen gas ionized by the...
NASA's Hubble surveys gigantic galaxy
Galaxies are like snowflakes. Though the universe contains innumerable galaxies flung across time and space, no two ever look alike. One of the most photogenic is the huge spiral galaxy UGC 2885, located...
New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error
The most direct and strongest evidence for the accelerating universe with dark energy is provided by the distance measurements using type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) for the galaxies at high...
Flying observatory maps the Milky Way
A new panoramic image based on data captured by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) shows the bustling center of our galaxy like it has never been seen before.
The turbulent life of two supermassive black holes caught in a galaxy crash
An international team of astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to create the most detailed image yet of the gas surrounding two supermassive black holes in a merging...
Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover
An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group identified to date. Called EGS77, the trio of galaxies dates to a time when...
Cheops liftoff
Video: 00:02:00 ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, lifts off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The Soyuz-Fregat launcher will also deliver the Italian space agency’s Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation satellite, and...
International Space Station computer gets a heart transplant
The Space Station has grown to the size of a football field and space agencies are looking to extend its lifetime until 2030. European-built computers have quietly been keeping this...