Astronomy
It’s a Galaxy Eat Galaxy Universe
Japanese researchers using the Subaru Telescope have found a large galaxy caught in the act of consuming a smaller companion…
How Did the First Stars Form?
Early star formation is a bit of a puzzle for astronomers, since all the stars that we can see formed…
Mapping the Early Universe in 3 Dimensions
American and Australian researchers are working on a method to develop a 3-dimensional map that will show how the Universe…
Icy Objects Could Be Smaller Than Previously Thought
Is Pluto a planet or just a really large Kuiper Belt Object (KBO)? Those arguing that it doesn't deserve planetary…
A Solar System’s Icy Building Blocks
New images released from the Spitzer space telescope are helping scientists understand how clouds of gas and dust come together…
First Gamma Ray Image
European astronomers have produced the first image of an object using high energy gamma rays - the most penetrating form…
Why Time Might Flow in One Direction
Physicists have puzzled for more than a century about the nature of time. Why does it go in one direction?…
Venus and Jupiter’s Upcoming Conjunction
As the Earth rushes to the point in its orbit known as the Winter Solstice, those in the Northern hemisphere…
Cosmic Corkscrew
Astrophysicists using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory have revealed new details about a puzzling object…
The Virgo Galaxy Cluster is Still Being Formed
At a distance of only 50 million light-years away, the Virgo Cluster is the nearest galaxy cluster to us. It's…