Stormy Saturn
At first glance, this hazy view of Saturn seems largely featureless, but if you look closely, you can see great…
Tiny Crystals in Violent Galaxies
Spitzer has uncovered an unusual pair of colliding galaxies whose hearts are surrounded by tiny crystals that resemble crushed glass.…
Gamma-ray Afterglow reveals Pre-Historic Particle Accelerator
The gamma-ray image of the galactic centre region taken by H.E.S.S. Click to enlarge Astrophysicists using the H.E.S.S. gamma-ray telescopes,…
Invisible Metal-Rich Cloud Revealed
Astronomers have used the light from a distant quasar to discover a metal-rich hydrogen cloud that would have otherwise been…
How Supernova Shockwaves Change a Nebula’s Shape
When NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory took this photograph of the supernova remnant Puppis A, it revealed a how a cloud…
Planets Running in Reverse
NASA astronomers have discovered an unusual solar system about 500 light-years away where the inner planets are going one direction,…
A Giant Lightning Storm At Saturn
Scientists are tracking a gigantic electrical storm raging on the surface of Saturn. This storm is the size of the…
Interstellar Particles Reproduced in the Lab
A team of French scientists have successfully recreated the structure of primitive interstellar particles in their laboratory. This material is…
Telesto’s Smooth Surface
Cassini was only 14,500 km (9,000 miles) from Saturn's moon Telesto when it took this photograph. Telesto is tiny, only…
Modifying Gravity to Account for Dark Matter
Researchers at the University of St. Andrews and the Free University of Brussels think they have a solution that "fine-tunes"…