Astronomy
Extreme Star Birth in Merging Galaxies
The newest image released from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the turbulent region where two galaxies are merging together. The…
Gigantic Ball of Fire Discovered
An international team of astronomers have discovered a massive gas ball hurtling through a distant galaxy cluster. This ball of…
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae
One of the biggest brightest clusters of stars in the sky is 47 Tucanae, located in the southern constellation of…
Highway of Stars in the Sky
A pair of astronomers from the US and Italy have discovered a stream of stars moving through the sky at…
Supernovae Generated the Universe’s Early Dust
As early as 700 million years after the Big Bang, galaxies were already filled with cosmic dust. But where did…
Ancient Life Survived Snowball Earth
Approximately 2.3 billion years ago, bacterial life had generated enough oxygen to make the air breathable for larger creatures. Unfortunately,…
Hubble View of NGC 5866
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this magnificent view of disk galaxy NGC 5866, seen nearly edge on from our vantage…
How Super Earths Might Form
Although our Solar System only contains a "regular Earth", astronomers predict that other systems could contain "super Earths"; rocky planets…
Large Amounts of Carbon Around a Distant Star
Astronomers have discovered a solar system with an unusually high amount of carbon; it could be at the stage where…
Tau Scorpii’s Magnetic Fields Blaze X-Rays
Magnetic field lines at the surface of Tau Scorpii. Image credit: M. M. Jardine/J. F. Donati. Click to enlarge Our…