Astronomy
Massive Sunspot 1302
[/caption] A highly active region on the Sun threatens to deliver powerful geomagnetic storms over the week ahead. Highly energetic…
Globular Clusters on a Plane
[/caption] Globular clusters are generally some of the oldest structures in our galaxy. Many of the most famous ones formed…
Can You Spot the Running Chicken in this Nebula?
[/caption] A brand new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula,…
Primordial Black Holes, Dark Matter and Stellar Collisions… Oh, My!
[/caption] Well, we're off to see the Wizard again, my friends. This time it's to explore the possibilities of primordial…
How to See the Brightest Supernova in a Generation
[/caption] Here at Universe Today, we've been providing plenty of coverage on the recent supernova in spiral galaxy M101 (AKA…
The Mission to Find the Missing Lunar Module
[/caption] Where is the Apollo 10 Lunar lander module? It's somewhere out there -- orbiting the Sun -- and there's…
How Can You See the Sun and the Moon at the Same Time?
[/caption] Did you know that you can see the Moon during the day? Many people only notice our Moon at…
Stellar Superburst: Neutron Star Blows Away Model
[/caption]Imagine an event so catastrophic that it pours more energy out in three hours than the Sun does in a…
Even Small Galaxies Can Have Big Black Holes
[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope has done it again. By utilizing a slitless grism, the Wide Field Camera 3 has…
Milky Way Arm Wrestles With Dark Matter
[/caption] For a good number of years, astronomers have hypothesized the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy has been loaded up with dark…