Astronomers Measure Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Found
Using archival data from the Gemini North telescope, a team of astronomers have measured the heaviest pair of supermassive black ...
Unveiling the Mysteries of the Solar Chromosphere with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The second layer of our Sun’s atmosphere, the chromosphere, is sandwiched between the Sun’s visible surface (or photosphere) below, and ...
Webb Finds Evidence for Neutron Star at Heart of Young Supernova Remnant
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site ...
NASA’s Hubble Traces ‘String of Pearls’ Star Clusters in Galaxy Collisions
Contrary to what you might think, galaxy collisions do not destroy stars. In fact, the rough-and-tumble dynamics trigger new generations ...
NASA’s Webb Depicts Staggering Structure in 19 Nearby Spiral Galaxies
It’s oh-so-easy to be absolutely mesmerized by these spiral galaxies. Follow their clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, ...
Gemini South Captures Twisted Dusty Disk of NGC 4753, Showcasing the Aftermath of Past Merger
The lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, captured by the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by ...
NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. At ...
Unraveling Solar Symphony: Quasi-Biennial Oscillations Dance to Their Own Beat in Cycles 23 and 24
In the intricate dance of solar activity, a new study led by solar physicist Kiran Jain at the National Science ...
NASA’s Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of Milky Way
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the dense center of our galaxy in unprecedented ...
NASA’s Hubble Measures the Size of the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet
The diminutive planet, LTT 1445Ac, was first discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in 2022. But the geometry of the ...
NASA’s Webb, Hubble Combine to Create Most Colorful View of Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have united to study an expansive galaxy cluster known as MACS0416 ...
Gemini North Reveals the Formation of Dense Dwarf Galaxy ‘Fossils’
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have captured the ...
