Astronomy
How the Really Big Stars Form
Astronomers think they've got a handle on how Sun-sized stars come together. But the formation of the largest stars -…
New Kind of Supernova Discovered
Astronomers used to believe that all Type 1a supernovae were essentially the same brightness. That's because they explode with the…
The Location of the Oldest Recorded Supernova Discovered
Ancient Chinese astronomers recorded the occurence of a bright star in the sky in 185 AD; probably a supernova explosion.…
Brown Dwarf Discovered in Planetary System
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has directly imaged a small brown dwarf star orbiting a larger star - the first time…
Pulsars Confirm Einstein’s Theories
Einstein was right. Well, according to new observations of a double pulsar, he was at least 99.95% right. An international…
Subaru Finds the Most Distant Galaxy
The powerful Subaru telescope in Hawai'i has found the most distant galaxy ever seen, located 12.88 billion light-years away -…
Xena Renamed to Eris
Provisionally designated 2003ub313, and nicknamed Xena by its discoverers, this newly discovered dwarf planet has been officially named Eris by…
Hubble Sees the First Bright Galaxies
A new view from the Hubble Space Telescope shows some of the first bright galaxies to emerge in the Universe,…
The Milky Way’s Bulge Formed Early
Although our Milky Way formed from a single, giant cloud of gas and dust, new research has found that the…
What’s Up this Week: September 11 – September 17, 2006
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! As the Moon exits the early evening scene, we return to pick up some of the summer…