Universe
Experience Hubble's Universe in 3-D
This virtual space journey isn't the latest video game but one of several groundbreaking astronomy visualizations created by specialists at the Space Telescope…
Astronomers get sharpest view ever of star factories in distant universe
They also pinpointed four discrete star-forming regions within the galaxy, each over 100 times brighter than locations (like the Orion Nebula) where stars form…
Scientists discover 'catastrophic event' behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
The researchers, led by Durham University's Department of Physics, observed the massive galaxy as it would have appeared just three billion years after the Big…
Astrophysics: Colorado Bound — The Pierre Auger Project
Now the Observatory is hoping to build a new array in the northern hemisphere: a tremendous undertaking. To be based in Colorado, the array would consist of a…
From 2-trillion-degree heat, researchers create new matter — and new questions
Researchers Carl Gagliardi, Saskia Mioduszewski, Robert Tribble, Matthew Cervantes, Rory Clarke, Martin Codrington, Pibero Djawotho, James Drachenberg, Ahmed…
Dark Matter Used to Measure Age of Universe
A paper describing the work appears in the March issue of The Astrophysical Journal.The Hubble constant has previously been calculated by using NASA's Hubble…