Astronomy
Distant Cluster of Galaxies Viewed by Hubble
This beautiful picture is of a distant collection of galaxies called the Abell S0740 galaxy cluster, captured by the Hubble…
What’s Up this Week: January 29 – February 4, 2007
Monday, January 29 - Tonight we will return again to the lunar surface to have a look through binoculars or…
First Images of the Sun from STEREO
Remember the recent launch of the STEREO spacecraft? These are two identical solar observing spacecraft which will give astronomers a…
Colliding White Dwarfs Could Create a Supergiant Star
Of all the stars in our galaxy, two classes, known as hydrogen-deficient and R Coronae Borealis are extremely rare. Only…
Superstrings Could Be Detectable As They Decay
One of Einstein's predictions for relativity is the concept of gravity waves; these are emitted whenever massive objects move. The…
Hubble Sees a Hypergiant Star Nearing Death
VY Canis Majoris, located about 5,000 light-years away, is no ordinary star; it's a supergiant, containing 30 to 40 times…
The Milky Way and the Seven Dwarfs
There's no easy way to put this, our home galaxy is a killer. It's torn up galaxies in the past,…
Eagle Nebula’s Pillars Were Wiped Out Thousands of Years Ago
One of the most famous space photographs ever taken is the "Pillars of Creation" by Hubble, an amazing image of…
Open Star Clusters Die Young
Massive globular clusters are some of the oldest objects in the Universe, held together by the collective gravity of their…
A New View of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has created this amazing image of one of the youngest supernova remnants in the galaxy. The…