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Johns Hopkins University Professor Recognized for Co-Discovery of Dark Energy

Adam Riess, a professor of physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University and a Nobel laureate, has been named a recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the discovery of the continuing acceleration of the universe.

11 Nov 2014

Researchers Observe Collision of Galaxy with a Galaxy Cluster

A University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) assistant physics professor is on the first scientific team to use new observation equipment to observe the collision of a galaxy he discovered with a galaxy cluster – a kind of slow-motion cosmic car wreck.

11 Nov 2014

Astronomers Explore Remains of a Supernova Using Radio Telescopes

In research published today in the Astrophysical Journal, an Australian led team of astronomers has used radio telescopes in Australia and Chile to see inside the remains of a supernova.

11 Nov 2014

IC 310 Observations Provide Clue to How Jets Form Near Black Holes

The radio galaxy IC 310 in the Perseus constellation is approximately 260 million light years away from Earth. Astronomers assume there is a supermassive black hole at its centre. This black hole was the setting for an extremely powerful outburst of gamma rays which was observed by the MAGIC telescopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands. The source exhibited one of the fastest radiation variations which researchers have ever been able to detect in an extragalactic object at these energies.

10 Nov 2014

New LMT Observations Provide Key Insights into Star-Forming Centers of Galaxies

Astronomers working to estimate the rate of star formation inside murky distant galaxies, those shrouded in dust clouds that make it very difficult to study them, have published data from a brand new instrument, providing the most precise picture yet of what happened 4 billion years ago at their hidden centers.

10 Nov 2014

New Analysis Says Existing CERN Data About Higgs Particle was Inconclusive

Last year CERN announced the finding of a new elementary particle, the Higgs particle. But maybe it wasn't the Higgs particle, maybe it just looks like it. And maybe it is not alone.

10 Nov 2014

Seemingly Simple Phase Changes May Be More Complex Than Previously Known

The seemingly simple process of phase changes--those transitions between states of matter--is more complex than previously known, according to research based at Princeton University, Peking University and New York University.

7 Nov 2014

Astronomers Capture Best Image Ever of Planet Formation around Infant Star

Astronomers have captured the best image ever of planet formation around an infant star as part of the testing and verification process for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array's (ALMA) new high-resolution capabilities.

7 Nov 2014

Caltech Astronomers Detect Diffuse Cosmic Glow

Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse cosmic glow that appears to represent more light than that produced by known galaxies in the universe.

7 Nov 2014

Hubble Completes Sensitive Visible-Light Imaging Survey of Dusty Debris Disks Around Stars

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created by collisions between leftover objects from planet formation, were imaged around stars as young as 10 million years old and as mature as more than 1 billion years old.

7 Nov 2014