Astronomy

Astronomers Looking for Help with Cataclysmic Variable Star

Amateur astronomers are helping unravel mysteries about about a strange binary star system. Even though space and ground-based observatories will…

19 years ago

Our Collision With Andromeda Will Look Like This

In the constellation of Pisces, 100 million light-years from Earth, two galaxies are smashing together in a dramatic demonstration of…

19 years ago

Supernova in Galaxy NGC 1559

On the night of August 4, 2005, legendary amateur astronomer Reverend Robert Evans discovered a supernova just north of galaxy…

19 years ago

New Look for the Milky Way

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have created a detailed survey of the structure of the Milky Way. Based on…

19 years ago

Galaxies Could Be Twice as Large as Previously Estimated

Galaxies are actually much larger than they appear in most telescopes. Astronomers working with the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have…

19 years ago

What Does the Milky Way Look Like?

Since we're inside the Milky Way, it's impossible for us to see what our whole galaxy looks like. But we…

19 years ago

10th Planet Controversy

José Luis Ortiz had no idea that his announcement on July 29th of the discovery of a big Trans-Neptunian Object…

19 years ago

Spitzer Sees Hidden Black Holes

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has peered through walls of galactic dust to spot supermassive black holes called quasars. Some quasars…

19 years ago

Most Accurate Distance to NGC 300

Cepheid variables are one of the most accurate tools astronomers can use to measure the distance to objects in space…

19 years ago

10th Planet Discovered

Astronomers have discovered a new planet orbiting our Sun, which is larger than Pluto. It's located 97 times further than…

19 years ago