STELLAR CHEMISTRY - NANO DAILY

ALMA Disentangles Complex Birth of Giant Stars

Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)

A research group led by Aya Higuchi, a researcher at Ibaraki University, conducted observations of the massive-star forming region IRAS 16547-4247 with the Atac...

Astronomers discover likely precursors of galaxy clusters we see today

Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)

By combining observations of the distant Universe made with ESA's Herschel and Planck space observatories, cosmologists have discovered what could be the precur...

Dusty substructure in a galaxy far far away

Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) have combined high-resolution images from the ALMA telescopes with a new scheme for undoing the di...

Dark matter even darker than once thought

Apr 02, 2015 (ESA)

Astronomers using observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have studied how dark matter in clusters of galaxie...

As stars form, magnetic fields influence regions big and small

Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)

Stars form when gravity pulls together material within giant clouds of gas and dust. But gravity isn't the only force at work. Both turbulence and magnetic fiel...

NASA's Hubble, Chandra Find Clues that May Help Identify Dark Matter

Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)

Using observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found that dark matter does not slow down when colliding w...

Dark matter not as sticky as once thought

Mar 28, 2015 (SPX)

Astronomers using observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have found that dark matter does not slow down when colliding wi...

Best view yet of dusty cloud passing galactic center black hole

Mar 28, 2015 (SPX)

A supermassive black hole with a mass four million times that of the Sun lies at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. It is orbited by a small group of bright sta...

Chemical Fingerprints of Ancient Supernovae Found

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

A Carnegie-based search of nearby galaxies for their oldest stars has uncovered two stars in the Sculptor dwarf galaxy that were born shortly after the galaxy f...

Have Researchers Discovered the Sound of the Stars

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

A chance discovery by a team of researchers, including a University of York scientist, has provided experimental evidence that stars may generate sound. The stu...

Satellites Catch 'Growth Spurt' from Newborn Protostar

Mar 26, 2015 (JPL)

Using data from orbiting observatories, including NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based facilities, an international team of astronomers has discover...

I Zw 18 - The Galaxy that Reveals the Universe's History

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

I Zw 18 stands out for its extreme scarcity of heavy elements, a characteristic typical of primeval galaxies. A map of ionized helium in the galaxy has just bee...

Colliding stars explain enigmatic 17th century explosion

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

New observations made with APEX and other telescopes reveal that the star that European astronomers saw appear in the sky in 1670 was not a nova, but a much rar...

HAWC Observatory to Study Universe's Most Energetic Phenomena

Mar 24, 2015 (SPX)

Supernovae, neutron star collisions and active galactic nuclei are among the most energetic phenomena in the known universe. These violent explosions produce hi...

Million stars are forming in a mysterious dusty gas cloud

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

More than a million young stars are forming in a hot, dusty cloud of molecular gases in a tiny galaxy near our own, an international team of astronomers has dis...

Time-lapse snapshots of a nova's fading light

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists in a collaboration led by Dai Takei of the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Japan have, for the first time, examined a detailed 'time lapse' X-ray image of t...

Milky Way's center unveils supernova 'dust factory'

Mar 22, 2015 (SPX)

Sifting through the center of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have made the first direct observations - using an infrared telescope aboard a modified Boeing 7...

Mini Supernova Explosion Could Have Big Impact

Mar 20, 2015 (SPX)

In Hollywood blockbusters, explosions are often among the stars of the show. In space, explosions of actual stars are a focus for scientists who hope to better ...

New clues from the dawn of the solar system

Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)

A research group in the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has found evidence in meteorites that hint at the discovery of a previously unknown region within the ...

Spacetime Foam Not Slowing Down Photons From Gamma Ray Burst

Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)

One hundred years after Albert Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity, an international team has proposed another experimental proof. In a paper p...