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Hubble Captures Entrancing Image of Cosmic Bubbles

This entrancing image shows a few of the tenuous threads that comprise Sh2-308, a faint and wispy shell of gas located 5,200 light-years away in the constellation of Canis Major (The Great Dog).

24 Apr 2017

New Cosmic Dawn Center Will Allow Study of Galaxy Evolution

A new astronomy research center of excellence will be established by the Danish Government to study how and when the first ever galaxies formed in our Universe.

24 Apr 2017

Physicists Discover First Three-Dimensional Quantum Liquid Crystal

Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal -- a new state of matter that may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers of the future.

21 Apr 2017

TIFR Scientists Find New Ways to Detect Bare or Naked Singularity

A team of scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, have found new ways to detect a bare or naked singularity, the most extreme object in the universe.

21 Apr 2017

Hubble Captures Stunning Cosmic Pairing of Two Very Different Looking Spiral Galaxies

This stunning cosmic pairing of the two very different looking spiral galaxies NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 was imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

21 Apr 2017

Astronomers Analyze Multiple Images of Gravitationally Lensed Type Ia Supernova Using Hubble

A Swedish-led team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to analyse the multiple images of a gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova for the first time. The four images of the exploding star will be used to measure the expansion of the Universe.

21 Apr 2017