Astronomy
What Telescope is Right for You?
Amateur astronomy may very well be the most popular and quickly growing scientific hobby in the world today. This popularity…
Safe Havens for Planetary Formation
There should be relatively safe orbits within the swirling gas and dust of a newly forming solar system that could…
Swift’s First Burst Pinpointed
Astronomers from Carnegie and Caltech have pinpointed the exact location of the first gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift observatory…
Black Holes Manage Galactic Growth
Astronomers have known for a few years now that there's a direct connection between the size of a galaxy and…
What Did Galileo See?
Born February 15, 1564, Galileo Galilee was a scientist, philosopher, mathematician, professor, optician, musician, painter, and father of three. Despite…
Mini Solar System Around a Brown Dwarf
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the dusty disc of planetary material surrounding an extremely low-mass brown dwarf. The failed…
This Star is Leaving Our Galaxy
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a star speeding out of our galaxy at over 2.4 million…
Galaxies Might Exist Without Stars
Engineers have outfitted the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Observatory telescope with a new instrument that could help it discover…
Upper Limit on Star Mass
New research from the University of Michigan has determined that there's definitely an upper limit to the mass that stars…
Where Did the Modern Telescope Come From?
In this article Jeff Barbour explores the origins and development of that "Instrument of Long Seeing" known as the telescope.…