Dark Energy Survey releases most precise look yet at the universe’s evolution
The Dark Energy Survey collaboration announced it has created the largest-ever maps of the distribution and shapes of galaxies, tracing both ordinary and dark...
Scientists develop new framework for searching for biosignatures in exoplanets
Planning ahead is something astronomy and space exploration excels at.
Decadal surveys and years of engineering effort for missions give the field a much longer...
Scientists discover giant planets in the stellar suburbs
In the neighborhood that makes up our solar system, the giant planets—Jupiter and Saturn—reside in the chilly outer regions, while smaller planets tend to...
Astronomer reveals never-before-seen detail of the center of our galaxy
New research by University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Daniel Wang reveals, with unprecedented clarity, details of violent phenomena in the center of our galaxy.
The...
New finding challenges current theories on how galaxies grow
Three dozen dwarf galaxies far from each other had a simultaneous "baby boom" of new stars, an unexpected discovery that challenges current theories on...
Our Milky Way is not unusual, shows study
Detailed cross-section of another galaxy reveals surprising similarities to our home.
The first detailed cross-section of a galaxy broadly similar to the Milky Way reveals...
Do supermassive black holes merge to form binary systems?
At the center of most galaxies are black holes so massive — up to several billion times the mass of our sun — that...
May’s full moon comes with supermoon eclipse
As we approach month’s end, there is not one, not two, but three celestial events happening with our Moon!
The Moon will be located on...
This week’s super blood moon to get the heart pumping
If you cast your eyes to the skies this Wednesday night you're in for a celestial surprise - a rare Super Blood Moon.
Technically a...
How are solar systems born?
Many of us remember those school-room models of our Solar System, with tiny wooden planets rotating at the ends of their wires around a...