Astronomy
Blizzard of Snowflake Particles Around a Young Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a ring of dust around a nearby star that will probably become a system…
Hubble Helps Make a 3-D Map of Dark Matter
A team of astronomers has created a three-dimensional map of dark matter distribution across the Universe. This map gives some…
First Triple Quasar Discovered
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe, beaming radiation across billions of light-years of space. Although they…
Gas Giants Turn Up Early After Star Formation
New research indicates that gas giants, like Jupiter and Saturn, form quickly after their stars do. In fact, they probably…
White Dwarf Recently Consumed an Asteroid
Astronomers have discovered a ring of metal-rich gas surrounding a relatively nearby white dwarf star that gives us a glimpse…
Use Galactic Gravitational Lenses to Really See the Universe
To see any distance in space, you need some kind of telescope. We've got some pretty powerful ones here on…
Insanely High Resolution Photo of the Tarantula Nebula
I'm not sure why, but the European Southern Observatory has decided to give their web servers and bandwidth a real…
Next Up, the COROT Space Telescope
Step aside Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer, there's a new space telescope ready for launch. On December 27, 2006, the European Space…
Here’s a New Way to Explode: Hybrid Gamma-Ray Burst
Just when you thought you'd figured out all the ways to blow up, nature reveals a new way. This latest…
Happy Hubble Holidays
The fine folks at the Hubble Space Telescope released this photograph today to celebrate the holidays. I'm not sure which…