STELLAR CHEMISTRY - NANO DAILY

Oct 11, 2018 (SPX)

This problem is one of the still unresolved questions of the current standard description of the Big Bang. The new experimental results, their theoretical inter...

Research on light-matter interaction could improve electronic and optoelectronic devices

Oct 11, 2018 (SPX)

These particles possess a new quantum degree of freedom, called "valley spin." The "valley spin" is similar to the spin of electrons, which has been extensively...

When is a nova not a nova? When a white dwarf and a brown dwarf collide

Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the international team of astronomers, including workers from the Universities of Keele,...

VLA sky survey reveals first 'orphan' gamma ray burst

Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)

"GRBs emit their gamma rays in narrowly focused beams. In this case, we believe the beams were pointed away from Earth, so gamma ray telescopes did not see this...

Hubble in Safe Mode as Gyro Issues are Diagnosed

Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)

Hubble entered safe mode after one of the three gyroscopes (gyros) actively being used to point and steady the telescope failed. Safe mode puts the telescope in...

Astronomers discover sonic boom from powerful unseen explosion

Oct 08, 2018 (SPX)

For years, astronomers have been hunting all over the sky for an example of this strange phenomenon, known as an "orphan afterglow." At last, now they've finall...

Keck Awarded Grant to Develop Next-Generation Adaptive Optics

Oct 05, 2018 (SPX)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Observatory funding through their Mid-Scale Innovations Program to build a next-generation AO system on th...

CREDO's first light: The global particle detector begins its collection of scientific data

Oct 05, 2018 (SPX)

At the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow, CREDO Week 2018 is in progress, a week-long series of lectures, works...

Newly detected microquasar gamma-rays 'call for new ideas'

Oct 05, 2018 (SPX)

"What's amazing about this discovery is that all current particle acceleration theories have difficulties explaining the observations," said Hui Li, a theorist ...

Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey reveals detailed dark matter map of the universe

Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)

Dark matter is responsible for the formation of galaxies in the Universe, while dark energy is responsible for the acceleration in the Universe's ongoing expans...

Hubble's Warped View of the Universe

Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)

The gigantic mass of this cluster creates the fascinating phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing. The gravity of the cluster bends light coming from behind ...

Scientists discover new nursery for superpowered photons

Oct 04, 2018 (SPX)

Their findings appear in the Oct. 4, 2018, issue of Nature. Among the coauthors are Petra Huentemeyer, a professor of physics; Henrike Fleischhack, a postdoctor...

Gamma rays seen from exotic Milky Way object

Oct 03, 2018 (SPX)

For the first time, an international collaboration of scientists has detected highly energetic light coming from the outermost regions of an unusual star system...

Black holes ruled out as universe's missing dark matter

Oct 03, 2018 (SPX)

University of California, Berkeley, physicists have dashed those hopes. Based on a statistical analysis of 740 of the brightest supernovas discovered as of 2014...

Gamma rays seen from exotic Milky Way object - 1:00 pm EDT

Oct 03, 2018 (SPX)

For the first time, an international collaboration of scientists has detected highly energetic light coming from the outermost regions of an unusual star system...

Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies

Oct 03, 2018 (ESA)

In April, ESA's stellar surveyor Gaia released an unprecedented catalogue of more than one billion stars. Astronomers across the world have been working ceasele...

Cosmological constraints from initial Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam survey

Sep 28, 2018 (SPX)

The Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey collaboration team, including scientists from Princeton University, Japan and Taiwan, used tiny gravitational distortions of ...

Neutron star jets shoot down theory

Sep 28, 2018 (SPX)

The team, led by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, observed the object known as Swift J0243.6+6124 using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio tel...

Astrophysicists measure precise rotation pattern of Sun-like stars for the first time

Sep 28, 2018 (SPX)

Until now, little was known about the precise rotational patterns of Sun-like stars, only that the equator spins faster than at higher latitudes, similar to the...

Both halves of NASA's Webb Telescope successfully communicate

Sep 28, 2018 (SPX)

Although it was a significant step forward for the program, this test was an optional "risk reduction" test that took advantage of an opportunity to connect the...