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Andromeda Hints at More Violent History than Milky Way
Jan 09, 2015 (SPX)
A detailed study of the motions of different stellar populations in the disk of the Andromeda galaxy has found striking differences from our own Milky Way, sugg...
Flashes from faster-than-light spots unveil astronomical secrets
Jan 09, 2015 (SPX)
If you sweep a laser pointer across the Moon fast enough, you can create spots that actually move faster than light. Anyone can do it. At a meeting of the Ameri...
'Iron Sun' is not a rock band, but a key to how stars transmit energy
Jan 07, 2015 (SPX)
Working at temperatures matching the interior of the sun, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have been able to determine experimentally, for...
Galactic Herding: New Image Brings Galaxy Diversity To Life
Jan 06, 2015 (SPX)
Galaxy groups are the most evident structures in the nearby universe. They are important laboratories for studying how galaxies form and evolve beyond our own L...
Smashing Results About Our Nearby Galactic Neighbors
Jan 06, 2015 (SPX)
The Magellanic Clouds are the two brightest nearby satellite galaxies to our own Milky Way galaxy. From a new study it appears that not only are they much bigge...
Hubble Discovers That Milky Way Core Drives Wind At 2 Million Miles Per Hour
Jan 06, 2015 (SPX)
At a time when our earliest human ancestors had recently mastered walking upright, the heart of our Milky Way galaxy underwent a titanic eruption, driving gases...
Where Did All The Stars Go
Jan 06, 2015 (ESO)
Some of the stars appear to be missing in this intriguing new ESO image. But the black gap in this glitteringly beautiful star field is not really a gap, but ra...
Stars' Spins Reveal Their Ages
Jan 05, 2015 (SPX)
When you're a kid every birthday is cause for celebration, but as you get older they become a little less exciting. You might not want to admit just how old you...
Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes, More Common Than Previously Thought?
Jan 02, 2015 (SPX)
by Dr. Tony Phillips Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light naturally fo...
A simulation of the universe with realistic galaxies
Jan 02, 2015 (SPX)
An international team of astronomers, based at the Universities of Leiden in the Netherlands and Durham in the UK and, led by professor Joop Schaye (Leiden Univ...
The hot blue stars of Messier 47
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
Messier 47 is located approximately 1600 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Puppis (the poop deck of the mythological ship Argo). It was first noti...
NASA's Chandra Weighs Most Massive Galaxy Cluster in Distant Universe
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
A composite image shows the distant and massive galaxy cluster that is officially known as XDCP J0044.0-2033. Researchers, however, have nicknamed it "Gioiello"...
Milky Way has new neighbor, KKs3
Dec 23, 2014 (UPI)
The Milky Way galaxy has a new cosmic neighbor -- galaxy KKs3 -- discovered thanks to newly collected data courtesy of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The dwarf ...
Fermi brings deeper focus to thunderstorm gamma-rays
Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)
Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. By merg...
Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
Could there finally be tangible evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe? After sifting through reams of X-ray data, scientists in EPFL's Labor...
Interstellar Mystery Solved by Supercomputer Simulations
Dec 15, 2014 (SPX)
An interstellar mystery of why stars form has been solved thanks to the most realistic supercomputer simulations of galaxies yet made. Theoretical astrophysicis...
Galactic Get-Together Has Impressive Light Display
Dec 14, 2014 (SPX)
At this time of year, there are lots of gatherings often decorated with festive lights. When galaxies get together, there is the chance of a spectacular light s...
Interstellar Mystery Solved By Supercomputer Simulations
Dec 14, 2014 (SPX)
An interstellar mystery of why stars form has been solved thanks to the most realistic supercomputer simulations of galaxies yet made. Theoretical astrophysicis...
Researchers report possible dark matter signal
Dec 11, 2014 (UPI)
Researchers with the European Space Agency say they've detected a strange spike in X-rays coming from two cosmic locations -- the Andromeda Galaxy and the Perse...
Warm Gas Pours 'Cold Water' on Galaxy's Star-Making
Dec 08, 2014 (JPL)
Some like it hot, but for creating new stars, a cool cosmic environment is ideal. As a new study suggests, a surge of warm gas into a nearby galaxy - left over ...
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