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Construction of Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward
Sep 29, 2016 (SPX)
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), a next-generation dark matter detector that will be at least 100 times more sensitive than its predecessor, has cleared another approval milest...
NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket Solves One Cosmic Mystery, Reveals Another
Sep 29, 2016 (SPX)
In the last century, humans realized that space is filled with types of light we can't see - from infrared signals released by hot stars and galaxies, to the co...
Cosmic Dust Demystified by British Researchers
Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)
The solar system is a dusty environment, with trillions of cosmic dust particles left behind by comets and asteroids that orbit the sun. All this dust forms a r...
Astronomers discover dizzying spin of the Milky Way Halo
Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) discovered for the first time that the hot gas in the halo of the...
Galactic Fireworks Illuminate Monster Hydrogen Blob
Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes has discovered the power source illumina...
ALMA uncovers secrets of Giant Space Blob
Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)
An international team using ALMA, along with ESO's Very Large Telescope and other telescopes, has discovered the true nature of a rare object in the distant uni...
RAVE complements Gaia with Fifth Data Release
Sep 21, 2016 (SPX)
The new data release of the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) is the fifth spectroscopic release of a survey of stars in the southern celestial hemisphere. It c...
Hubble spots luminous lenticular galaxy
Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)
The galaxy PGC 83677 appears as a lone bright orb in an otherwise dark and lonely corner of the universe. Recently, Hubble spotted the soft, white glow of the g...
More stable way to send light through nano-photonic fibers
Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)
Many phones, TVs and computers already rely on optical cables, which carry information in the form of light. But engineers have struggled to achieve stable ligh...
Astronomers follow twin jets to the center of an active galaxy
Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)
Astronomers have developed a new method for locating the heart of an active galaxy. In a new study, researchers with the Max Planck Society traced the origin of...
Astronomers observe star reborn in a flash
Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of astronomers using Hubble have been able to study stellar evolution in real time. Over a period of 30 years dramatic increases in the te...
Mapping the Milky Way as never before
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
The Gaia space probe, launched in 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way, vastly expanding the inventory of known stars in our galaxy, the ...
Discovery nearly doubles known quasars from the ancient universe
Sep 14, 2016 (SPX)
Quasars are supermassive black holes that sit at the center of enormous galaxies, accreting matter. They shine so brightly that they are often referred to as be...
Gaia's billion-star map hints at treasures to come
Sep 14, 2016 (ESA)
The first catalogue of more than a billion stars from ESA's Gaia satellite was published today - the largest all-sky survey of celestial objects to date. On its...
Astronomers discover 63 new quasars in early universe
Sep 12, 2016 (UPI)
Astronomers have identified 63 new quasars -- the largest number reported in a single scientific study. Led by Eduardo Bañados, an astronomer at the Carnegie I...
Reconciling dwarf galaxies with dark matter
Sep 09, 2016 (SPX)
Dwarf galaxies are enigmas wrapped in riddles. Although they are the smallest galaxies, they represent some of the biggest mysteries about our universe. While m...
Fujitsu to supply Super-Kamiokande Experiment with new computers
Sep 09, 2016 (SPX)
Fujitsu has received an order for an experiment-analysis system from Kamioka Observatory, part of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) at the University...
Avoiding 'traffic jam' creates impossibly bright 'lighthouse'
Sep 09, 2016 (SPX)
ULXs, which are remarkably bright X-ray sources, were thought to be powered by black holes. But in 2014, the X-ray space telescope "NuSTAR" detected unexpected ...
Recreating Our Galaxy in a Supercomputer
Sep 08, 2016 (SPX)
Astronomers have created the most detailed computer simulation to date of our Milky Way galaxy's formation, from its inception billions of years ago as a loose ...
Massive Holes 'Punched' Through a Trail of Stars Likely Caused by Dark Matter
Sep 08, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers have detected two massive holes which have been 'punched' through a stream of stars just outside the Milky Way, and found that they were likely caus...
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