Astronomers Look Inside a Neutron Star
The surface patterns for different torsional modes. Image credit: Max Planck. Click to enlarge A massive explosion on the surface…
Merging Galaxies Surrounded by Newborn Stars
The cores of the two galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge The two "eyes"…
How Do Fossil Galaxy Clusters Form so Quickly?
Fossil galaxy cluster as observed by XMM-Newton. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge Galaxies start small, but grow over time…
Pheonix Mars Lander is Coming Together
Artist's concept of Phoenix spacecraft. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Phoenix…
Nanedi Valles on Mars
This image, taken by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the Nanedi Valles region of Mars. These steep sided channels range…
Starburst Galaxy M82 by Hubble
Cigar galaxy M82 captured by Hubble. Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI. Click to enlarge To celebrate 16 years of observations by the…
Astrophoto: The Ring Nebula by Stefan Heutz
The Ring Nebula by Stefan Heutz. Click to enlarge When stars similar to our Sun have exhausted their nuclear fuel,…
What’s Up This Week – April 24 – April 30, 2006
M3 - Credit: S. Kalfa and K. Honeycutt/Indiana University/WIYN/NAOA/NSF Greetings fellow SkyWatchers! If you haven't had a chance to observe…
Cloud of Debris Around Beta Pictoris
A scientifically accurate model of Beta Pictoris and its disk. Image credit: NAOJ. Click to enlarge The disks of gas…
The Birth of the Biggest Stars
Massive star forming region as seen by ISO. Image credit: ESA. Click to enlarge Astronomers have used ESA's Infrared Space…