Super Star Clusters Started Small
The Hubble Space Telescope has helped to reveal a trio of massive, young star clusters which might have been formed…
White Dwarf Theories Get More Proof
New observations using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite have given astronomers evidence that their assumptions and calculations about…
Blobs Could Be Merging Galaxies
One mystery has been puzzling astronomers for a few years now; strange distant clouds of intensely glowing material located billions…
Planned Descent Path for Huygens
Engineers at NASA and the European Space Agency have calculated Huygen's descent through Titan's atmosphere tomorrow, and they think they…
Sedna Might Have Formed Past Pluto
Astronomers recently announced the discovery of Sedna, a nearly Pluto-sized object on a 12,500 year-long orbit around the Sun. New…
Missing Link Between the Big Bang and Modern Galaxies
An international team of astronomers think they've found the missing link between modern galaxies like our own Milky Way to…
How Much Did the Earth Move?
Last month's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami were powerful enough that they actually changed the Earth's rotation, decreased the length of…
Three Largest Stars Discovered
Astronomers have found three red supergiant stars which are huge; bigger than anything previously discovered. The three stars are called…
Hubble Could Be Seeing a Planet
The Hubble Space Telescope is helping to confirm the potential discovery of an extrasolar planet; the companion of a dim…
What’s Up This Week – Jan 10 – Jan 16, 2005
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! This week begins on the "dark side" as we welcome New Moon at perigee and do an…