A team of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino–a particularly elusive…
Binary Stars Are All Around Us, New Map of Solar Neighborhood Shows
The latest star data from the Gaia space observatory has for the first time allowed astronomers to generate a massive 3D atlas of widely separated binary stars within about 3,000 light…
Researchers Get a Look at the Sun’s Dusty Environment
Researchers from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder are diving into the dusty environment that surrounds the sun–a search that could help to reveal…
Cosmic Flashes Come in All Different Sizes
By studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion seen in April 2020, a Chalmers-led team of scientists have used four European radio telescopes to confirm that astronomy’s most exciting puzzle is…
Stars and Skulls: New ESO Image Reveals Eerie Nebula
This ethereal remnant of a long dead star, nestled in the belly of The Whale, bears an uneasy resemblance to a skull floating through space. Captured in astounding detail by ESO’s Very…
Chronicling Legacy of Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, designed to study the early universe in infrared light, was the first telescope to see light from a planet outside our solar system. Launched in 2003, Spitzer contained…
