Astronomy
How Multiple Star Systems Come Together
Multiple star systems are a staple of science fiction. The heroes stumble across a parched desert searching for some escape…
Spitzer Looks Right Back to the First Stars
After the Big Bang there were the first stars. Astronomers think these monsters contained more than 1,000 times the mass…
Star Formation Factory
You're looking at a star forming region known as W3. It's located about 6,000 light-years from Earth in the Perseus…
New Technique Could Reveal Dark Matter
Dark matter is invisible to all our instruments, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. It does reach out to…
Heavy Stars Embedded in NGC 6357
This Hubble photograph shows star cluster Pismis 24, which lies at the heart of emission nebula NGC 6357. The stars…
What Makes the Biggest Impact on Galactic Evolution?
Astronomers assume that the galaxies we see today are the result of billions of years of evolution. Collision after collision…
Supermassive Black Hole Mashes Up and Consumes a Star
A supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy has been caught in the act of consuming a star. In fact,…
First Negatively Charged Space Molecules Discovered
Until now, all the molecules discovered in space were either neutral or positive in charge. But astronomers have turned up…
The Great Observatories View Supernova Remnant N49
Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer - NASA's three Great Observatories - teamed up to create this beautiful photograph of supernova remnant…
Measuring the Shape of Supernove Explosions
Type 1a supernovae are used to measure distance in the Universe because they explode with the same brightness, detonating when…