X-Ray Factory Revealed in the Center of Our Galaxy
This X-ray image of the galactic center merges Swift XRT observations through 2013. Sgr A* is at center. Low-energy X-rays (300 to 1,500 electron volts) are shown in red, medium-energy (1,500 to 3,000 eV) in green, and high-energy (3,000 to 10,000 eV) in blue. The total exposure time is 12.6 days.Credit: NASA/Swift/N. Degenaar (Univ. of Michigan)
Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Gets Breakthrough of the Year Award
The IceCube Laboratory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, in Antarctica, hosts the computers collecting raw data. Credit: Felipe Pedreros. IceCube/NSF.
A Blast from Its Past Dates the Youngest Neutron-Star Binary
This composite image shows the energies streaming toward Earth from this object -- X-rays in blue and the radio emission in purple. These energy detections have been overlaid in this image on an optical field of view from the Digitized Sky Survey.
Ultra-Bright Gamma-Ray Burst Shakes Up Theories of Light Production in the Most Powerful Explosions
This illustration shows one moment in the explosive evolution of a gamma-ray burst. Scroll down on this page to see video animations and more illustrations of one of the brightest gamma-ray explosions ever seen, the burst named GRB 130427A, which was discovered in 2013. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Neutrinos on Ice Now the Coolest New Astronomy Tool
Sensor descends down a hole in the ice as part of the installation of the IceCube telescope. IceCube is among the most ambitious scientific construction projects ever attempted. Credit:NSF/B. Gudbjartsson
New Type of Black-Hole Quasar Discovered
Illustration of one possibility, showing the gas of a quasar flowing into a black hole. Credit: York University
Einstein Professorship Awarded to Péter Mészáros by the Chinese Academy
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"Transformer" Star Discovered with X-rays and Radio Waves
Wolszczan Honored with National Geographic Traveler Grand Prix Award
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New Effort to Learn How Our Galaxy Formed Makes Public Release of Its First Data
This map shows an infrared view of the Milky Way, as seen from Earth, plus the infrared spectra of two stars. Credit: Peter Frinchaboy (Texas Christian University), Ricardo Schiavon (Liverpool John Moores University), and the SDSS-III collaboration. Infrared sky image from 2MASS, IPAC/Caltech, and University of Massachusetts.
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