Category: Science News

Maunakea, Hawaii – Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most enigmatic and powerful events in the cosmos. Around 80 of these events—intensely bright millisecond-long bursts of radio waves coming […]

New data from W. M. Keck Observatory show gas directly spiraling into growing galaxies Maunakea, Hawaii – Galaxies grow by accumulating gas from their surroundings and converting it to stars, […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – In a world first, an international team of astronomers has determined the precise location of a powerful one-off burst of cosmic radio waves.  The discovery was made […]

Corotation Found to be Typical, Suggesting Cool Halo Gas Prolongs Galaxy Growth Maunakea, Hawaii – A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct a visible-light spectral analysis […]

W. M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope Data Taken Over Eight Years Solve Planet Formation Mystery Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers using the combined power of two Hawaii telescopes have taken […]

Two New Studies Confirm That Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter Do In Fact Exist Maunakea, Hawaii – After drawing both praise and skepticism, the team of astronomers who discovered NGC 1052-DF2 […]

Strange Features of a Newly Discovered Ghostly Galaxy Deepen Mystery of How UDGs are Born Maunakea, Hawaii – A team of astronomers led by the University of California Observatories (UCO) […]

Maunakea, Hawaii – A volunteer working with the NASA-led Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project has found the oldest and coldest known white dwarf — an Earth-sized remnant of a Sun-like star that has […]

Hawaii Telescopes Help Astronomers Identify Mysterious Glowing ‘Cow’ in the Sky Maunakea, Hawaii – A Northwestern University-led international team of astronomers is getting closer to understanding the mysterious bright object […]