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Scientists publish new findings about the ‘supernova of a generation’
An international team of scientists, including astrophysicists from UC Santa Barbara, has discovered that a supernova that exploded in August — — dubbed the supernova of a generation — — was a “white dwarf” st…
Super-sharp radio ‘eye’ remeasuring the universe
Using the super-sharp radio “vision” of astronomy’s most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured “yardstick” three times farther into the cosmos than ever before, an achievement with important implications for numerous areas …
Flocculent spiral NGC 2841
Star formation is one of the most important processes in shaping the Universe; it plays a pivotal role in the evolution of galaxies and it is also in the earliest stages of star formation that planetary systems first appear.
Yet there is still m…
A picture-perfect pure-disc galaxy
NGC 3621 is a spiral galaxy about 22 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Snake). It is comparatively bright and can be seen well in moderate-sized telescopes. This picture was taken using the Wide Field Imager on th…
Hubble finds a new contender for galaxy distance record
Astronomers have pushed the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is plausibly the most distant and ancient object in the Universe [1] ever seen. Its light has travelled for 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble [2], which…
Hubble sees farther back in time than ever before
Pasadena, CA — Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to it limits by finding what they believe to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe — at a distance of 13.2 billion light years, some 3% of the age of universe…
The universe’s most massive stars can form in near isolation, new study finds
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—New observations by University of Michigan astronomers add weight to the theory that the most massive stars in the universe could form essentially anywhere, including in near isolation; they don’t need a large stellar cluster…
Hubble spots a celestial bauble
The delicate shell, photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, appears to float serenely in the depths of space, but this apparent calm hides an inner turmoil. The gaseous envelope formed as the expanding blast wave and ejected mater…