Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of spectacular images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resulting images provide astronomers with the most comprehensive picture so far of Saturn’s northern aurora.
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say
A new study validates Einstein’s theory of general relativity in a distant galaxy for the first time. This study supports our current understanding of gravity and provides more evidence for the existence of dark matter and dark energy — two mysterious concepts that scientists know about only indirectly by observing their effects on cosmic objects. Albert
Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of a collision between two spiral galaxies, estimated to have occurred 500 million years ago. Today it is still reeling in the aftermath of this event.
An international team of astronomers using Hubble have been able to study stellar evolution in real time.
ESO telescopes find first confirmed carbon-rich asteroid in Kuiper Belt
And it seems that the companion star caused the explosion.
Dark matter has led scientists on a bit of a wild goose chase lately.
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found the most distant star ever discovered. The hot blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery provides new insight into the formation and evolution of stars in the early Universe, the constituents of galaxy clusters and also on the nature of dark matter.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 5714.
