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Astronomers observe steady cooling process of neutron star
LONDON (BNS): A young neutron star undergoing the process of cooling in a steady manner for nearly a decade has given astronomers a new insight about the interior of such super-dense ‘dead stars’.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/19 8:38pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/19 8:38pm
Awesome power of supermassive black holes revealed
Nottingham University researchers have shed new light on the super destructive capacity of black holes. For the study, Asa Bluck in the School of Physics and Astronomy and colleagues, used images of unprecedented depth and resolution from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory to detect black holes in distant galaxies.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/18 7:07am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/18 7:07am
Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star
Astronomers on Wednesday said they may have explained the riddle of a dimming star that has perplexed skygazers for nearly two centuries.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/14 12:52am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 04/14 12:52amREFILE-UPDATE 4-Mini-Big Bangs created in cosmos origins project
GENEVA, March 30 (Reuters) - Physicists smashed sub-atomic particles into each other with record energy on Tuesday, creating thousands of mini-Big Bangs like the primeval explosion that gave birth to the universe 13.7 billion years ago.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 7:17pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 7:17pm
Astronomers confirm Einstein's theory of general relativity
An international team of astronomers have confirmed Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity and that the expansion of the universe is accelerating after looking at data from the largest-ever survey conducted by the Hubble Space Telescope.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:21am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:21am
‘Milky Way’ presentation highlights Global Astronomy Month
Sierra star guide and poet Tony Berendsen will be the keynote presenter on Wednesday, April 14 at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, as part of April’s Global Astronomy Month.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:12am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:12am
Astronomers find black holes gain weight during galaxy collisions
Giant black holes in the centers of galaxies grow mainly as a result of intergalactic collisions, according to results presented by a group of astronomers led by Dr. Ezequiel Treister from UH Mānoa's Institute for Astronomy, published in the March 25 issue of the international journal Science.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:11am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/30 6:11am
Discovery of earliest known black holes announced by astronomers
University Park, Pa. -- Astronomers have discovered what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes known. The discovery, based on observations with the NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and other space observatories, will be published in the March 18 edition of the scientific journal Nature.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 2:00am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 2:00amWKU astronomers join Hubble project
Western Kentucky University is joining some of the nation’s elite scientists to try to help understand “dark energy” and other mysteries of the universe.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:59am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:59am
First deep-sky image from Astronomy Magazine Observatory
On Wednesday night, March 17, Gene Turner of Rancho Hidalgo shot the first deep-sky images using Astronomy Magazine Observatory. Previously, the telescopes had been used to shoot planetary images.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:57am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:57am
Searching for Another Earth
A new discovery advances the hunt for Earthlike planets beyond our solar system.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:56am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 03/20 1:56amSpace shuttle Endeavour Lands
Endeavour’s mission was to delivere a third connecting module, an Italian-built Tranquility node and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics.
The International Space Station is already about 90% complete and is expected to be completed by next year.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/22 7:38pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/22 7:38pmAndrew Lange, Scholar of the Cosmos, Dies at 52
Andrew Lange, an astrophysicist whose balloon-borne measurements of light left over from the Big Bang played a key role in elucidating the shape and nature of the universe, was found dead on Jan. 22 in Los Angeles. He was 52.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:05am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:05amAstronomers back Chile to host huge telescope
PARANAL, Chile — For astronomers, it appears that not only does size really matter but so does an eye-opening location.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:03am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:03amAstronomy solves puzzles posed by artists such as Hamlet and Van Gogh
This week the experts will share evidence from 50 “cases”, including the exact time at which the Dutch artist painted Moonrise, a canvas that was once thought to have portrayed a sunset, and details about the blood-red sky in The Scream by Edvard Munch.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:01am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 02/15 7:01am