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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Multiple NASA telescopes have contributed to a new study exploring the prevalence of supermassive black holes, focusing on those obscured by dense clouds of gas and dust. This comprehensive survey stands out for its ability to detect these hidden cosmic giants alongside their more visible counterparts. Scientists have long theorized that nearly every large galaxy houses a supermassive black hole at its core. However, direct observation is impractical due to their immense numbers, potentially reach ... read more |
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Penn State center awarded NASA grant to search for alien civilizationsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Researchers at the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PSETI) Center have been awarded a three-year, $480,000 grant under the NASA Exoplanets Research Program to search for radio and laser sig ... more  
Webb observes expanding carbon-rich dust shells in star systemLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Astronomers have made significant progress in understanding how carbon, an element vital for life, is dispersed throughout the cosmos. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have taken ... more 
NASA's Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien AtmospheresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Pandora, NASA's newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission ... more 
Not all Hot Jupiters orbit soloBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 Hot Jupiters, once thought to orbit alone near their stars, have been revealed to exist within more complex planetary systems. A study led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with ... more |
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Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expectedTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has obtained the most detailed images of a small galaxy and its surroundings, revealing features typically associated ... more |
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New measurements turn the Hubble tension into a crisisDurham NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous - and highly debated - results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predict ... more 
Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ste ... more 
Gaia concludes Milky Way mapping effortsParis, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects o ... more 
Astronomers catch unprecedented features at brink of active black holeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. ... more |
Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscaleNew York NY (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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XMM-Newton detects peculiar black hole X-ray patternsParis, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory has revealed unexpected X-ray oscillations emanating from the edge of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. These findings challenge existi ... more 
Hubble tracks down a 'blue lurker' among starsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star ... more 
Robotic SDSS telescopes revolutionize mapping the Milky WayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has launched its most advanced spectroscopic survey yet to create a detailed map of interstellar material within our Milky Way Galaxy. "Our observing robots ... more 
This quasar may have illuminated the early universeNew Haven CT (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 Quasars, among the universe's oldest and most luminous entities, are formed by active galactic nuclei (AGN) powered by supermassive black holes drawing in surrounding matter. These celestial objects ... more |
Unveiling the secrets of a primeval galaxy from 13.4 billion years agoTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2025 An international research team led by scientists from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has successfully detected emissions from various atomic transitions in a distant primordial galax ... more 
Prime focus spectrograph on Subaru Telescope ready for science operationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2025 Researchers have completed the installation of a revolutionary "compound eye" instrument on the Subaru Telescope after years of meticulous effort. This cutting-edge device, known as the Prime Focus ... more 
NASA joins telescope instruments to Roman spacecraftLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Technicians have successfully integrated the payload for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory into orbit. This payload includes the telescop ... more 
New tools analyze Pollock paintings with 2D multifractal methodsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Analyzing variability in one-dimensional time series, such as temperature changes or exchange rates, has long benefited from multifractal methods. Now, researchers have extended these techniques to ... more |
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Primordial naked singularities may offer insights into quantum gravityNew Delhi (SPX) Jan 13, 2025 Two Indian physicists have introduced a novel theoretical perspective that could reshape our understanding of the universe's composition and offer potential avenues to explore quantum gravity. Profe ... more 
Nano rainbows advance the light spectrum at the nanoscaleSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 Since lasers emerged in 1960, nonlinear optics has sought to expand light's spectral range and generate new frequency components. Among the many techniques, supercontinuum (SC) generation is notable ... more 
Dormancy as a survival strategy for life's originsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2025 The ancient Earth was a harsh and unforgiving environment, characterized by relentless asteroid impacts, volcanic eruptions releasing carbon dioxide, and a dense, toxic atmosphere devoid of oxygen. ... more 
SETI Forward celebrates the future of cosmic explorationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 The SETI Institute has announced Gabriella Rizzo and Pritvik Sinhadc as recipients of the 2024 SETI Forward Award. Both honorees have demonstrated exceptional dedication to research that advances ou ... more |
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NTU Singapore researchers reveal new method to study dark matterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an innovative approach that could pave the way for detecting the elusive "dark matter" and unlock deeper ins ... more |
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Researchers identify neutron stars as sources of fast radio burstsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2025 An international team of researchers, led by McGill University scientists, has confirmed a key link between fast radio bursts (FRBs) and neutron stars - extremely dense remnants of massive stars tha ... more 
New quantum sensing technology reveals sub-atomic signalsPhiladelphia, PA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 Since the 1950s, scientists have used radio waves to uncover the molecular "fingerprints" of unknown materials, aiding in tasks as varied as scanning the human body with MRI machines and detecting e ... more 
Beyond the Dragon Arc a treasure trove of unseen starsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 Astronomers have captured images of over 40 individual stars in a galaxy so distant that its light has traveled for nearly 6.5 billion years to reach Earth, dating back to when the universe was only ... more 
Physicists propose new insights into dark matter through stellar streamsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2025 Researchers have identified a potential explanation for the unusual features of the GD-1 stellar stream, one of the most thoroughly studied stellar streams in the Milky Way's galactic halo. This thi ... more |
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