Astronomy
Most Distant Explosion Ever Seen
An Italian team of astronomers have found a gamma ray burst that blew up 12.7 billion light-years away - the…
Dusty Old Star Could Be Feeding From a Dead Planet
Astronomers have spotted a dusty disc around an old, dead star. This star is similar to what our own star…
Star Gobbles Up Its Friend
The ESA's Integral space observatory and NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft have found a rapidly spinning pulsar in the…
Researchers find clue to start of universe
Station with active crossed dipole. Image credit: Haystack Observatory Click to enlarge If you want to hear a little bit…
Probing the Formation of Galaxy Clusters
The ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray telescope is allowing astronomers to study the formation history of entire galaxy clusters. By studying these…
Escaping Pulsar Breaks Speed Records
Astronomers have found a fast moving pulsar on a trajectory that'll take it completely out of the Milky Way. The…
Massive Stars Have Protoplanetary Disks Too
Astronomers working with the Subaru telescope have found a massive proto-star with a protoplanetary disk surrounding it. The star contains…
Big Galaxies, Older Stars
After examining more than 4,000 galaxies in a recent survey, astronomers have discovered that most large galaxies are filled with…
Will the Universe Expand Forever?
What is the nature of the mysterious dark energy which is accelerating expansion of the Universe? In a recent study…
Venus, Jupiter and the Moon Reunited Again
Once again, the sky is getting ready to put on a beautiful show - one that doesn't require particularly dark…