Astronomy
Ultracool Dwarf Star has an Extreme Personality
The most common kinds of star in the Universe are M-dwarf stars. They're normally cool (a mere 2,400 Kelvin), small…
The Geminids Meet Mars…
The evening of December 13th and dawn December 14th of will bring one of the most hauntingly beautiful and mysterious…
The Orion Nebula Seen in X-Rays
Didn't I just mention how the press agencies try to relate an image to the holidays? This time, ESA has…
Hubble’s View of M74
During many holidays, the folks working on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope try and find an image that captures the essence…
Newborn Star Blasting Out Powerful Jets
It's always exciting to see an idea in theory verified with real observations. For the first time, astronomers have observed…
Neutron Star Seen Hurtling Out of the Milky Way
Like a baseball struck by a bat, there's a neutron star out there that's going, going, gone. Discovered using the…
Could Antimatter Be Powering Super-Luminous Supernovae?
Explosions are almost always cool, and supernovae are some of the most spectacular and violent explosions in the Universe. In…
Pure Carbon Stars Discovered
When stars like our Sun run out of fuel, they die a long slow death as a white dwarf, slowing…
Chandra Sees Star Formation in NGC 281
Here's a short little post about the star forming nebula NGC 281, captured by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This photograph…
Planets Found Forming in the Pleiades Star Cluster
As you gaze up at the familiar Pleiades star cluster, here's something new you can think about. Planets recently collided…