Astronomy
Starbirth in NGC 6946
The powerful Gemini Observatory took this image of spiral galaxy NGC 6946, which is awash in star formation. This image…
Banda Aceh from Space
The death toll has risen to 125,000 people from the Asian Tsunami, and now 5 million people are without food,…
Massive Galaxies are Still Forming
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered baby galaxies forming in our relative neighborhood, casting doubt on the theory that only…
Sooty Nebula Around a Sun Like Star
The Subaru telescope captured this image of a dusty planetary nebula surrounding a star similar to our own Sun at…
The Winter Solstice Approaches
As the year winds down, observers in the Northern Hemisphere may notice the days growing steadily shorter; while observers in…
Tarantula Nebula in Detail
Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory took a series of images of the Tarantula Nebula (aka 30 Doradus), which…
Dusty Universe is a Mystery
The early Universe was much dustier than astronomers were expecting, according to new data gathered by the Spitzer Space Telescope.…
Sun Could Have Traded With Another Star
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics believe it's possible that our own Sun could have stolen some material from…
Interview with Michiel Min
IRAS ? The Infrared Astronomical Satellite ? was launched in 1983 and was the first spacecraft to map the entire…
Supernova in a Distant Galaxy NGC 6118
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory took this image of galaxy NGC 6118, located 80 million light-years away.…