For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy. Using ground- and space-based facilities, including NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, they traced the neutrino to a black hole Read More …
Since astronomers captured the bright explosion of a star on February 24, 1987, they have been searching for the squashed stellar core that should have been left behind. A new study from two NASA X-ray telescopes may have finally been Read More …
This galaxy resembles a bull’s eye, which is appropriate because its appearance is partly due to a smaller galaxy that passed through the middle of this object. The violent collision produced shock waves that swept through the galaxy and triggered large amounts Read More …
A new project using sonification turns astronomical images from Chandra and other telescopes into sound. This allows users to “listen” to the center of the Milky Way as observed in X-ray, optical, and infrared light. As the cursor moves across Read More …
The XMM-Newton X-ray observatory of the European Space Agency is celebrating the 21st anniversary of its launch into space with the publication of a new data catalogue, the 4XMM-DR10, a compilation of nearly 850,000 X-ray detections found in more than Read More …
Astronomers have found evidence for an unusual type of supernova near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This composite image below contains data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) and the NSF’s Very Large Array (red) of the supernova Read More …
The Language Resource Center (Centre de Ressources en Langues, FSI, UT3) in collaboration with the UPS in Space, the astronomy club of Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier University, are organizing a talk by Dr. Natalie Webb (IRAP), astrophysicist and English native Read More …
The Jellyfish Nebula (officially known as IC 443) is a supernova remnant about 5,000 light years from Earth. Astronomers have been looking for the spinning neutron star, or pulsar, from the explosion that created the remnant. New Chandra observations have Read More …
This new study helps reveal what happens to supermassive black holes when three galaxies merge together. This result, which used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other telescopes, tells astronomers more about how galaxies and the giant black Read More …
A pulsar is a highly magnetized rotating compact star (usually neutron stars but also white dwarfs) that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles. This radiation can be observed only when a beam of emission is pointing Read More …
