Space News
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Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have seen that the famous giant black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles at speeds greater than 99% of the speed of light.…
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Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away
NGC 4258, a galaxy about 23 million light years away, is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. First published at NASA.gov
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Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
As the holiday season approaches, people in the northern hemisphere will gather indoors to stay warm. In keeping with the season, astronomers have studied two groups of galaxies that are…
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Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light-Years Away
Black holes are famous for ripping objects apart, including stars. But now, astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the births of stars over a mind-boggling distance,…
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Stars Are Being Born in the Depths of a Black Hole
In the Phoenix constellation, astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core. First published at NASA.gov
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A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken
Astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core. First published at NASA.gov
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Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters. Eventually all four clusters –…
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The Clumpy and Lumpy Death of a Star
A new image of the Tycho supernova remnant from Chanda shows a pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes in the X-ray data. First published at NASA.gov
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Discovery Alert: A Third Planet in Kepler-47 System
Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. First published at NASA.gov
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High School Senior Uncovers Potential for Hundreds of Earth-Like Planets in Kepler Data
An 18-year-old high school senior has won a $250,000 prize for calculating the potential for finding more planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, using data from NASA’s Kepler space…