One of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse, may not be on the brink of exploding as a supernova, according to a new… Read More »Astronomers Discover Companion Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young star cluster NGC 602. The local… Read More »Webb Reveals Secrets of Star Formation in the Early Universe
In 1181, ancient Chinese and Japanese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a bright “guest star” near the Cassiopeia constellation that lingered for six months… Read More »The Secret of the 1181 Supernova
Infrared astronomy has revealed so much about the universe, ranging from protoplanetary disks and nebulae to brown dwarfs, aurorae, and volcanoes on together celestial bodies.… Read More »Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Images of Exploding Stars
Researchers at the University of Michigan, using over 20 years of data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, have made new strides in understanding the enigmatic… Read More »X-ray Vision Reveals Secrets of Black Hole Jets
A new study by DTU Space researchers has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716… Read More »Neutron Star Spins at Record-Breaking Speed
Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving “drunk” after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental.… Read More »The Evolutionary Significance of Ethanol Consumption in Wildlife
Scientists have taken inspiration from the way sunlight passes through clouds to discover an entirely new way of controlling and guiding light. The breakthrough research,… Read More »Harnessing Scattering for Light Waveguiding
A team of researchers has for the first time successfully used lasers to generate guided sound waves on the surface of a microchip. These acoustic… Read More »Laser-Induced Surface Acoustic Waves for Advanced Sensing and Signal Processing
The Attosecond Science group at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science has made a major breakthrough with the development of a new light source capable… Read More »Ultrafast UV Pulses Reveal Molecular Secrets