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NuSTAR Captures Best High-Energy X-Ray View Yet of Andromeda Galaxy

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured the best high-energy X-ray view yet of a portion of our nearest large, neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. The space mission has observed 40 "X-ray binaries" -- intense sources of X-rays comprised of a black hole or neutron star that feeds off a stellar companion.

7 Jan 2016

Bow Shocks in Space Prove Existence of Fast Moving Stars

Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy with the help of images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

7 Jan 2016

Black Hole Blast Influences Evolution of Galaxy

A team of researchers led by Eric Schlegel, Vaughn Family Endowed Professor in Physics at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has discovered a powerful galactic blast produced by a giant black hole about 26 million light years from Earth.

7 Jan 2016

NIST Researchers Achieve More Precise Detection of Individual Particles of Light

Detecting individual particles of light just got a bit more precise--by 74 picoseconds to be exact--thanks to advances in materials by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers and their colleagues in fabricating superconducting nanowires.

6 Jan 2016

WSU Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Create 3D Map on Star Formation

Radio telescopes have provided scientists with incredible information about our own galaxy, as well as those around us. While researchers understand a great deal of galaxies far away, gaps remain in the knowledge about our own, the Milky Way – specifically, how global star formation works in our own backyard, and how many stars our galaxy is making per year.

6 Jan 2016

New Particle Accelerator Installed at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

A new particle accelerator will further enhance the research landscape at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). It is to be employed to conduct research into potential applications of medical relevance.

6 Jan 2016

Majority of Stars Have Strong Magnetic Fields

Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of stars -- Finding to impact understanding of stellar evolution.

6 Jan 2016

Pure Quantum-Mechanical Electron-Photon Mixture Demonstrated in Topological Insulator

In 2013, MIT physicists showed for the first time that shining powerful mid-infrared laser light on solid bismuth selenide produces Floquet-Bloch states, which are characterized by replicas of electronic energy states inside a solid with gaps opening up at crossing points of replica states.

6 Jan 2016

The Sun Could be on the Cusp of a Transition in its Magnetic Field

New work from a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Jennifer van Saders indicates that one recently developed method for determining a star's age needs to be recalibrated for stars that are older than our Sun.

6 Jan 2016

Stars Stop Slowing Down After a Certain Age

At a critical point in the life of a star like the Sun its rotation stops 'slowing down', according to research published in the journal Nature by University of Birmingham scientists today (Jan. 4, 2016). This discovery challenges existing theories and has implications for our understanding of how the Sun and other stars influence their local environments, including planets, as they age.

5 Jan 2016