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Red-supergiant supernova images reveal secrets of an earlier universe

The size of a star two billion years after the Big Bang, has been measured by a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Detailed images show the supernova cooling. It can help scientists learn more about the stars and...

Using X-rays Astronomers inspected mysterious nuclear transient AT2019pev

Astronomers from the Ohio State University (OSU) have performed a detailed X-ray observational campaign of a mysterious nuclear transient event known as AT2019pev. The study was published on the arXiv pre-print server. The study offers more clues into the nature of this peculiar object. Nuclear...

Webb telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies

NASA's new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision. It was a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. The image released Wednesday from the James Webb Space Telescope is a test shot. It was...

Scientists make a new type of optical device using aluminium oxide

Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and University of Minnesota scientists have made a new type of optical element. It will improve the performance of telescopes studying radiation from the Big Bang. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a relic radiation remnant...

Milky Way’s feeding habits shine a light on dark matter

A new map of twelve streams of stars orbiting within our galactic halo has lead astronomers one step closer to reveal the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers wants to understand these star streams. Dark matter that holds the stars in their...