Brian Ventrudo
Half a Million Galaxies, Yours to Explore
Move over, Hubble Deep Field. The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope has released a new deep-field image of as many as 500,000 galaxies…
Cosmic-Ray Intensity Hits 50-Year High
[/caption] Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft,…
A Prototype Detector for Dark Matter in the Milky Way
[/caption] It doesn't emit electromagnetic radiation and no one really knows what it is, but that hasn't stopped a team…
James Webb Space Telescope Begins To Take Shape
[/caption] NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is starting to come together. A major component of the telescope, the Integrated Science…
Magnetic Fields Have Key Influence on Star Formation
[/caption] When a giant cloud of interstellar gas and dust collapses to form a new cluster of stars, only a…
Is The Milky Way Doomed By Galactic Bombardment?
[/caption] As scientists attempt to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our…
Astronomers Find World’s Best Observing Site
[/caption] The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought…
Star-Birth Myth Shattered
[/caption] An international team of astronomers has debunked a long-held belief about how stars are formed. Since the 1950’s, astronomers…
NASA Satellite Will Provide New Look At Cosmic X-Ray Sources
[/caption] NASA has announced the development of a space-based observatory to give astronomers a new way to view X-rays from…
Sub-surface Oceans In Early Comets Suggest Possible Origin of Life
[/caption] A new study claims early comets contained vast interior oceans of liquid water that may have provided the ideal…