Astronomy
Tumbling Neutron Star
Pulsar RX J0720.4-3125 captured by XMM-Newton. Image credit: ESA/MPE. Click to enlarge ESA's orbiting X-ray telescope, the XMM-Newton space observatory,…
The Hunt for Gravity Waves
As part of his general theory of relativity, Einstein predicted that mass should emit gravity waves. They'll be weak, though,…
Twin Open Clusters by Hubble
Star clusters in small magellanic cloud. Image credit: ESA/NASA. Click to enlarge The Hubble Space Telescope has captured these stunning…
The Strange Nebula Around Eta Carinae
One of the five PHOENIX spectrograph of Eta Carinae. Image credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA. Click to enlarge Eta Carinae is an…
Star Explodes Inside Another Star
Artist's impression of the explosion of RS Ophiuchi. Image credit: David A. Hardy. Click to enlarge Astronomers recently noticed that…
Pulsars Form Planets Too
Artist illustration of a planetary disk forming around a pulsar. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge. Think planets can only…
A Super Mercury was Smashed up 4.5 Billion Years Ago
Evolution of the impact three hours from the time of collision. Image credit: Horner et Al. Click to enlarge According…
Deep Space Alcohol
The cloud, where OH maser filament are red and extended methanol filaments are green. Image credit: JIVE Click to enlarge…
Galaxies Trapped in the Universe’s Web
Galaxies are not randomly distributed. Image credit: IAC Click to enlarge Although the galaxies we see in the night sky…
Deep Impact Caused a Great Gush of Water Vapour
Deep Impact. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge When Deep Impact collided with Tempel 1, it released an amazing amount…