Chris Martin, the principal investigator of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, is seen inspecting the instrument in a clean room at Caltech before it was installed at Keck Observatory. Image…
Category: Astronomy
X-rays Tell Us More About Origins of Visiting Space Rocks
A new study suggests that X-rays might be the key to understanding interstellar objects visiting our Solar system. A research team led by a Yale astronomer has some advice for…
Dark Matter Halos Measured Around Ancient Quasars
Making observations. Principle investigator Junya Arita and co-investigator, Yoshihiro Takeda making observations in the control room of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Image credit: Nobunari Kashikawa CC BY, University…
New Light on Strange Lava Worlds
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. Lava world – artistic interpretation. Image…
Improving Detection of Gravitational Waves
A Cardiff University undergraduate has collaborated with academics from the US on a project to improve gravitational waves detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) as part of a…
Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1: Insights into Atmosphere and Star
A new study of the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system has demonstrated the complex interaction between the activity of the system’s star and its planetary features. Astronomers led by a team…
The Universe Caught Suppressing Cosmic Structure Growth
Scientists expect large cosmic structures to grow at a certain rate as the universe evolves: dense regions such as galaxy clusters would grow denser, while the void of space would…
Getting a Firm Grip on Robotics Research
Christian Hable and Matthew Zhu, two students from Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia, displayed an interest in engineering and robotics that began in early childhood when both explored designing…
SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has been tucked inside a custom-built chamber on and off for the past two months undergoing tests to prepare it for its two-year mission in space. …
Webb Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star
This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope image features Herbig-Haro 211 (HH 211), a bipolar jet traveling through interstellar space at supersonic speeds. At roughly 1000 light-years from Earth in…
