• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 23rd, 2009
Chandra Discovers Most Distant Galaxy Cluster

Chandra Discovers Most Distant Galaxy Cluster

The telescope is extremely sensitive to such discoveries

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 20th, 2009
RIT Advances Black Hole Knowledge

RIT Advances Black Hole Knowledge

Supercomputer algorithms are the only option

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 14th, 2009
Looking Back into the History of Universe

Looking Back into the History of Universe

New spectrography technique opens up the past

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 14th, 2009
Hubble Captures Massive Galactic Mash-Up

Hubble Captures Massive Galactic Mash-Up

The resulting formation looks weird

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 8th, 2009
Supermassive Black Hole Collision Imaged

Supermassive Black Hole Collision Imaged

The resulting formation will be gigantic

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 3rd, 2009
Stellar-Nursery Cores Are Potent Gamma-Ray Sources

Stellar-Nursery Cores Are Potent Gamma-Ray Sources

Supernova remnants accelerate particles to high energies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 2nd, 2009
BOSS Begins Its Quest for Dark Energy

BOSS Begins Its Quest for Dark Energy

The system relies on revolutionary technology

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 1st, 2009
Cracks May Exist in Dark-Matter Theory

Cracks May Exist in Dark-Matter Theory

The stuff may not exist at all

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 30th, 2009
Space Winds Rip Galaxy Pair Apart

Space Winds Rip Galaxy Pair Apart

They also halt stellar formations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 22nd, 2009
WISE Will Soon Hunt the 'Ninjas' of the Skies

WISE Will Soon Hunt the 'Ninjas' of the Skies

The telescope will detect elusive, infrared signatures

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 18th, 2009
Hubble Photographs Most Distant Known Galaxies

Hubble Photographs Most Distant Known Galaxies

They do not appear to be as bright as expected

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 17th, 2009
Andromeda Galaxy Gets Best UV Photo Ever

Andromeda Galaxy Gets Best UV Photo Ever

More young, blue stars are revealed

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 16th, 2009
FLAMINGOS-2 Captures Picture of Black Hole 'Nest'

FLAMINGOS-2 Captures Picture of Black Hole 'Nest'

The instrument is affixed to the Gemini South telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 15th, 2009
ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

The feature has required a painstaking effort

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 2nd, 2009
Milky Way Look-Alike Identified Nearby

Milky Way Look-Alike Identified Nearby

NGC 4945 is also a massive, spiral galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 1st, 2009
Galactic Bombardment 'Unlikely,' Study Finds

Galactic Bombardment 'Unlikely,' Study Finds

Our dwarf galactic neighbors pose no serious threats

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 22nd, 2009
New Theory on How Spiral Galaxies Got Their Arms

New Theory on How Spiral Galaxies Got Their Arms

The old, epicycle one seems to be flawed

 
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