Astronomy
Spitzer’s View of the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope recently captured this image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of a handful of dwarf galaxies…
Magnetar Crackles with Radio Waves
Astronomers have discovered a rapidly spinning pulsar with a powerful magnetic field - called a magnetar - that's demonstrating some…
Birth of Stars Seen by AKARI
The Japanese AKARI spacecraft - formerly known as Astro-F - captured this photograph of the reflection nebula IC 1396. This…
Hubble’s View of Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this photograph of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, one of the youngest remnants we know of…
Supermassive Black Holes Prevent Star Formation
The supermassive black holes thought to be lurking at the heart of most galaxies could create such a hostile environment…
Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud
This photograph is of an active star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky…
Galaxy Collision Separates Out the Dark Matter
There's more dark matter than regular matter in the Universe, and they're normally all mixed up together in galaxies. But…
Hidden Stores of Deuterium Discovered in the Milky Way
A six year study by NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, or FUSE, satellite has turned up previously hidden quantities of…
Universe Has Used Up a Fifth of Its Gas Tank
Since the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, the Universe has converted 20% of its original matter into stars. This…
Swirling Pinwheels Near the Heart of the Milky Way
Astronomers have gathered new data on a formation of stars called the Quintuplet cluster. These are a group of stars…