Astronomy
Spitzer and Hubble View Orion
This beautiful photograph is of a region in the Orion Nebula called the Trapezium. It was taken by merging images…
Killer Solar Flare… on Another Star
NASA's Swift satellite has spotted one of the most powerful stellar flares ever seen. Fortunately, this killer blast happened on…
AKARI’s Infrared View of the Large Magellanic Cloud
This photograph, taken by the Japanese Space Agency's AKARI spacecraft, shows the Large Magellanic Cloud - a satellite galaxy to…
Supercomputer Simulates Stellar Evolution
One of the most powerful supercomputers on Earth has simulated the interiors of low mass stars, helping scientists understand their…
Dark Nebula Slithers Across the Sky
This Spitzer photograph contains several nebulae located in the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The dark, snake-like nebula at…
Echos of Light
The strange variable star V838 Monocerotis flared up nearly 5 years ago, and astronomers have been trying to figure out…
Stellar Explosion Has Many Layers
A new photograph from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows how supernova remnant Cassiopeia A evolved over time. The original star…
Baby Galaxies Weighed by Spitzer
Astronomers have discovered two of the most distant galaxies ever seen, when the Universe was only 700 million years old.…
Young Star Grows Up Quickly
New images from the Japanese Subaru telescope show how a nearby young star ended its infancy rapidly. The star, called…
Nearly a Thousand Years After the Death of a Star
In 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers recorded the temporary brightening of a star in the constellation Taurus. Nearly 1000 years later,…