157 results for "Supernovae"

A recent study suggests that nearby supernovae may have played a key role in shaping the evolution of life on Earth. Researchers from UC Santa Cruz discovered deposits of iron…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has enabled astronomers to discover supernovae from the early Universe, providing a new window into the cosmos's formative years. These discoveries were made as...

Posted on May 8, 2019 in Astronomy, Science These first supernovae could have also been powerful enough to shoot heavy elements into neighboring “virgin galaxies” that had yet to form...

Astronomers have discovered pyrene, one of the largest carbon-based molecules ever detected in deep space, within the Taurus molecular cloud, offering crucial insights into the role of carbon in planet…

Astronomers have discovered the first known triple black hole system in the Milky Way, challenging long-held theories of how black holes form. Located 8,000 light-years from Earth, the system involves…

A new generation of powerful telescopes is set to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. From the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) to the Rubin Observatory, these cutting-edge instruments will…

A nearby microquasar within our galaxy has been discovered to emit gamma rays with unprecedented energy levels, reaching up to 200 teraelectronvolts. The discovery, made using data from the HAWC…

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured new, detailed images of the symbiotic binary star R Aquarii, located 700 light-years from Earth. This dynamic system, composed of a red giant and…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning image of Westerlund 1, the largest remaining super star cluster in the Milky Way, revealing a dense collection of massive…

Prepare to put your cognitive skills to the test with Mensa's latest brain-teaser that's sweeping across social media platforms. This challenging visual puzzle has left even the sharpest minds scratching...

NASA scientists have discovered a new type of gamma-ray emission produced by tropical thunderstorms, called "flickering gamma-ray flashes." Using advanced detectors aboard a high-altitude NASA aircraft, researchers found that these…

NASA’s Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has captured a stunning image of the Rosette Nebula, a star-forming region 5,000 light-years away. This high-resolution image provides detailed insights into the processes of…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a gravitationally lensed supernova, named Supernova H0pe, which is helping refine the Hubble constant and shed light on the ongoing mystery of the…

Researchers have discovered a magnetic halo around the Milky Way, revealing large-scale magnetized structures extending over 16,000 light-years above and below the galaxy's plane. These structures are linked to powerful…

The XRISM space telescope has delivered its first groundbreaking observations, revealing new insights into supermassive black holes and supernova remnants.

Chinese astronomers have uncovered a low-mass black hole that challenges long-held astrophysical theories. This black hole, part of a binary system known as G3425, has a mass of about 3.6...

For decades, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model dominated cosmology, building on Big Bang theories. It proposed that the universe expanded from a hyperdense state, with spacetime expansion causing...

Recent astrophysical simulations have pointed to a previously unknown source of gravitational waves originating from the collapse of massive stars. Gravitational waves, which are ripples in the fabric of spacetime,...

The Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered a spectacular image of the cosmos, this time focusing on the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the closest galaxies to the...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), continues to push the boundaries of our understanding of the cosmos. In its latest achievement, Hubble...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is celebrating its 25th anniversary by releasing never-before-seen images of NGC 6872, also known as the Peacock Galaxy. These new images showcase the largest known spiral...

A star that appeared in the sky 840 years ago and then vanished has recently shown new activity, providing astronomers with valuable insights into stellar phenomena. This "guest star," which...

NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), marking a significant advancement for gamma-ray astronomy. The mission is set for an August 2027 launch...

NASA is set to launch an innovative artificial star into space, a mission designed to refine the accuracy of astronomical measurements. This groundbreaking project, named the Landolt mission, involves deploying...

A team of scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to gain new insights into the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation...

In an extraordinary scientific breakthrough, astronomers have discovered magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way for the first time. These stars, located in the Magellanic Clouds, have provided new insights into...

Recent astronomical observations have uncovered a mysterious phenomenon: stars disappearing from the night sky. Over the past 70 years, about 800 stars have vanished without the typical explosive end of...

Posted on Oct 17, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, quantum physics, Science, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories include Why technologically advanced aliens would have to be...

Posted on Jun 18, 2022 in Science “3D data will revolutionize our understanding of star formation in our galaxy by allowing us to chart where stars fall in relation to...

Posted on May 7, 2022 in Astronomy, Science, Science News, Supernova Most massive stars in the Universe form as binaries. “Understanding the life cycle of massive stars is particularly important...

In 1917, Albert Einstein originally included a cosmological constant in his field equations of general relativity in order to achieve a steady-state static Universe. Shortly after Edwin Hubble’s discovery of...

“The R-Process Alliance aims to answer the big, unanswered questions related to decoding the mysteries of the oldest stars in the Milky Way–by bringing together an interdisciplinary group of observers,...

Posted on Apr 6, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science Today’s stories range from Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory to Mystery Signal Traced to a Nearby Galaxy’s Globular Cluster...

Posted on Mar 28, 2022 in Science, Space News, Universe Today’s stories range from Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer space to Inside Einstein’s mind to Researchers believe there may be...

Posted on Jan 3, 2023 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Science, Stars Maxwell Moe, astrophysicist, NASA Einstein Fellow, University of Arizona via Matteo Cantiello and University of California – Santa Barbara “The...

“This is really an origin story; for the first time we can explain how all nearby star formation began,” says astronomer and data visualization expert Catherine Zucker a NASA Hubble...

Did supermassive black holes exist shortly after the big bang, before the birth of stars? “This is one of the last great mysteries of the early universe,” said Kirk S....

Posted on Dec 7, 2022 in Astronomy, Milky Way Galaxy, Science Traveling near the speed of light: an unprecedented new radio-telescope telescope image of the Milky Way Galaxy’s turbulent center...

The beauty of the Universe is that there’s always a mystery. Scientists might have an explanation for the existence of an especially cold region in the afterglow, known as the...

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 in Astronomy, Early Universe, Galaxies, Science It has been said that to understand water is to understand the cosmos and life itself. 2021 observations from...

Cosmological simulations include dozens of prescriptions to describe the 13.8-billion-year evolution of the Universe, including numerical recipes for dark energy (so-called lambda), weakly interacting cold dark matter, gas accretion onto...

Posted on Oct 25, 2021 in Astronomy, Supernova “After having monitored tens of thousands of galaxies, we know there are other discoveries waiting to happen. Either faint objects, objects that...

Astronomers may soon have the answer to what is perhaps the greatest mystery of modern science –is dark energy a uniform force across space and time, or has its strength...

A 2018 Hubble Space Telescope finding confirmed a nagging discrepancy about the Hubble Constant –the rate at which the Universe is expanding–showing the universe to be expanding faster now than...

Posted on Sep 14, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Tension, Science, Supernova, Universe An enormous amount of gravity from a cluster of...

“Something like the diffuse glow of gamma ray background that permeates our Milky Way Galaxy could conceivably be evidence for dark matter,” researcher Mark Krumholz, a theoretical and computational astrophysicist...

Posted on Aug 17, 2021 in Science “Our solar system was most likely formed in a giant molecular cloud together with a young stellar cluster, and one or more supernova...

Supernova explosions release as much energy in a second as our Sun will in its entire 10-billion year existence. Without supernovae, “there would be no computer chips, trilobites, Mozart or...

Posted on Jul 21, 2021 in Astronomy, Hubble Space Telescope, Science “The Hubble mission is meticulously storing observational data in a vast archive that is freely and internationally accessible,” Dr....

“The volume of space-time within range of our telescopes—what astronomers have traditionally called ‘the universe’—is only a tiny fraction of the aftermath of the big bang,” says astrophysicist Martin Rees....