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Las Cumbres Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope color composite of the electron-capture supernova 2018zd (the large white dot on the right) and the host starburst…
Artist’s view of a black hole-neutron star merger. Credit: © Carl Knox, OzGrav – Swinburne University Gravitational wave detectors have observed a new type of…
Jupiter’s mysterious X-ray auroras have been explained, ending a 40-year quest for an answer. For the first time, astronomers have seen the way Jupiter’s magnetic…
Mystery Star Explained by New Type of Massive Cosmic Explosion – 10x More Energetic Than a Supernova
‘Magneto-rotational hypernova’ soon after the Big Bang fuelled high levels of uranium, zinc in ancient stellar oddity. A massive explosion from a previously unknown source…
Artist’s impression of a free-floating planet. Tantalizing evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of “rogue” (or “free-floating”) planets, planets that may be alone…
As a beam of beryllium comes in from the left, the deuteron Trojan horse intercepts it at the target and delivers its neutron soldier. This…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), scientists completed a census of nearly 100 galaxies in the nearby universe, showcasing their behaviors and appearances. The…
This computer model shows how MAVIS will look on the instrument platform of VLT Unit Telescope 4 (Yepun) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The boxes indicate…
An international team of astronomers has observed the first example of a new type of supernova. The discovery, confirming a prediction made four decades ago,…
Artist’s concept of NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft, which was an infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope active from December 2009 to February 2011. In…
Observation of the solar dynamic observatory (SDO). The image shows a composite of the seven different extreme-ultraviolet filters (colored slices) and the magnetic field information…
Artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), folded in the Ariane 5 rocket during launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Credit: ESA…
The Northern Clump as it appears in X-rays (blue, XMM-Newton satellite), in visual light (green, DECam), and at radio wavelengths (red, ASKAP/EMU). Credit: Copyright Veronica…
An artist’s impression of two black holes about to collide and merge. Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area…
This artist’s conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Credit:…
A Smoldering Stellar Corpse on the Edge: Astronomers Spot a White Dwarf So Massive It Might Collapse
This illustration highlights a newfound small white dwarf, discovered by ZTF, that is 4,300 kilometers across, or roughly the size of Earth’s moon, which is…
A red giant star, Camelopardalis, emits a shell of gas as a layer of helium around its core begins to fuse. Such events help scientists…
This illustration depicts a planet partially hidden in the glare of its host star and a nearby companion star. After examining a number of binary…