Researchers mimic high-pressure form of ice found in giant icy moons
Jupiter's icy moon Callisto. Image credit: NASA Click to enlarge As scientists learn more about our Solar System, they've found…
Andromeda’s Origin is Similar to That of the Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy taken in ultraviolet. Image credit: GALEX Click to enlarge Astronomers have long believed that the Andromeda galaxy had…
Shock Wave in Stephan’s Quintet Galaxy
Shock wave in Stephen's Quintet captured by Spitzer. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Click to enlarge This photograph, taken by the Spitzer…
Magnetic Fields Confine a Dying Star’s Jets
Artist's illustration represents tightly-wound magnetic field confining jet. Image credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF. Click to enlarge Radio astronomers have uncovered a dying…
The Source of Titan’s Methane
Cassini view of Titan's hazy atmosphere. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge. Titan is unique in the Solar System with…
Cepheids Live in Cocoons
Model image of cepheid L Carinae. Image credit: Click to enlarge The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer has…
Hubble Portrait of the Pinwheel Galaxy
Spiral galaxy M101. Image credit: NASA/ESA Click to enlarge This amazing photograph of galaxy M101 (also known as the Pinwheel…
Pulsar Blasts Through a Ring of Gas
The radio pulsar PSR B1259-63. Image credit: ESA Click to enlarge ESA astronomers have witnessed something very unusual; a pulsar…
Mimas and Saturn
This is a photograph of Saturn's icy moon Mimas, perched in front of the ringed planet. Mimas is only 397…
Block Starlight to See Planets
University of Arizona researchers have developed an "optical vortex mask" that will block the starlight from a bright star, so…