Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources.

Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources, offering the most comprehensive public view yet of the universe's hottest and most energetic objects. The ...

A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory will provide reams of new data for scientists around the globe A new data-gathering project at a Chilean observatory has Duke physicists bracing ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular red, white, and blue view of one of the Milky Way's oldest star clusters to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary. Hidden within the ancient ...

Scientists working with material collected from asteroid Bennu have found a sticky, gum-like organic substance never before observed in any meteorite or space sample, alongside an unexpectedly large ...

This image is a mosaic of XMM-Newton's European Photon Imaging Camera’s (EPIC) observations of the central region of M31 as seen from 2000 to 2004. The color coding is such that red displays X-ray ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Jaspreet Singh Randhawa, a Mississippi State assistant professor of physics, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support a $700,000 ...

The world’s largest camera, built in Menlo Park and stationed on a mountaintop in Chile, on Tuesday began capturing images for a 10-year effort to turn the night sky into what scientists call “the ...

Gamma rays from a rare aluminium isotope produced by exploding stars appear to permeate our galaxy, the Milky Way. The new measurement has allowed astronomers to predict a supernova rate of two ...

ESA’s X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has revealed a new class of exploding stars – where the X-ray emission ‘lives fast and dies young’. The identification of this particular class of explosions gives ...

Jaspreet Singh Randhawa, a Mississippi State assistant professor of physics, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support a $700,000 research project on the ...