Astronomy
The Next Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula is one of the most magnificent objects in the night sky, but it won't last forever. Fortunately,…
Gigantic Galactic Companion Discovered
An international team of astronomers have turned up an enormous companion galaxy to our Milky Way - it was hiding…
Vega Has a Cool Dark Equator
According to new observations from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Vega appears to have a huge difference in temperature between…
Binary Systems Can Support Planets
A new computer simulation developed at the Carnegie Institution suggests that planets can form and survive around binary star systems.…
The North Star is Really Three Stars
Polaris, or the North Star, is one of the most famous stars in the sky. But did you know it's…
How the Milky Way Got its Warp
Astronomers have discovered that nearby satellite galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, are interacting with local dark matter to…
Superbubble Complex N44
The powerful Gemini telescope produced this amazing photograph of the N44 superbubble complex (also known to astronomers as NGC 1929).…
A Supernova Every 50 Years
A team of European astronomers has calculated the rate that supernovas are exploding in the Milky Way: approximately one goes…
Nearby Disk Contains Life’s Chemicals
A planet forming disk located about 375 light-years from Earth has been found to contain some of the building blocks…
Comet-Like Trail on a Pulsar
A team of Italian astronomers have discovered that a pulsar racing through the Milky Way has a comet-like trail blazing…