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The Dark Energy Survey Releases Astronomical Data and Images

The Dark Energy Survey has released a massive, public collection of astronomical data and calibrated images from six years of work. Containing data on nearly 700 million astronomical objects, this second data release in the Survey's seven-year history is the topic of sessions today and tomorrow at the 237th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.[1]

15 Jan 2021

Study Reveals How Black Holes Grow Rapidly After Galactic Collisions

When three galaxies collide, what happens to the huge black holes at the centers of each- A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other telescopes reveals new information about how many black holes are furiously growing after these galactic smash ups.

15 Jan 2021

Astronomers Record Rise and Fall of Rare Type of Eclipsing Binary

The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of light in our night sky are not as lonely. By some estimates, more than three-quarters of all stars exist as binaries -- with one companion -- or in even more complex relationships. Stars in close quarters can have dramatic impacts on their neighbors. They can strip material from one another, merge or twist each other's movements through the cosmos.

15 Jan 2021

Astronomers Estimate the Site and Age of Supernova Blast

Astronomers are turning back the clock on the growing remnants of a neighboring, exploded star.

15 Jan 2021

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Quasar J0313-1806

Scientists have discovered the most faraway quasar ever known. It is 1000 times more luminous compared to the Milky Way and has been spotted just 670 million years after the Big Bang.

13 Jan 2021

Astronomers Detect New Magnetar in the Universe

Recently in 2020, astronomers had expanded a unique family of unusual objects with the finding of a new magnetar.

11 Jan 2021

Hubble Releases Collage of Six Splendid Galaxy Mergers

As a new year celebration, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released a collage of six splendid galaxy mergers.

8 Jan 2021

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Delivers First Proteox Globally to Oxford Quantum Circuits

Today, Oxford Instruments NanoScience, the pioneers in dilution refrigerator technology, announces its partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), to accelerate quantum computing commercialization in the UK. As part of the collaboration, OQC is taking delivery of Oxford Instruments’ next-generation Cryofree® refrigerator, Proteox.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 7 Jan 2021

New Quantum-Based Distance Measurement Method for GPS and LIDAR

At Paderborn University, scientists have created a new technique for distance measurement that can be used in systems such as GPS.

6 Jan 2021

Scientists Investigate the Response of a Supersolid to an Interaction Quench

Last year, more than fifty years after initial theoretical proposals, researchers in Pisa, Stuttgart and Innsbruck independently succeeded for the first time in creating so-called supersolids using ultracold quantum gases of highly magnetic lanthanide atoms.

5 Jan 2021