Although astronomers often refer to brown dwarfs as "failed stars," scientists at the University of Delaware have discovered that at least one of these dim celestial objects can emit powerful flashes of light.
Astronomy
Jun 13, 2016
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If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you'll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system. It's too faint to see with the naked eye, but a team led by astronomers ...
Astronomy
Jun 13, 2016
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One of the biggest quests in astrophysics is to find Earth-like planets around other stars - places where life may exist. Regular telescopes are not good at directly imaging such small objects because a host star's light ...
Astronomy
Feb 23, 2016
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The culture in astronomy, and in science more broadly, needs a major reboot following revelations early this year of another case of harassment against women by a senior male academic.
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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Proud parents chart the growth of their children, but astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have taken on a bigger task: charting the growth of our own Milky Way.
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2016
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Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) announced that a distant quasar ran out of gas.
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2016
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Using the world's largest telescopes, researchers have discovered ancient cold gas clouds larger than galaxies in the early Universe. The discovery was announced today at a press conference at the 227th meeting of the American ...
Astronomy
Jan 6, 2016
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An astrophysicist has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole.
Astronomy
Jan 5, 2016
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OSIRIS, the scientific imaging system of ESA's Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, shows a surface with subtle, but significant color variations.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2015
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The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft began orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014, providing the closest and most detailed look at a comet to date. Now, a team led by astronomers at the University ...
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2015
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