Astronomy
High Mass Stars Form From Discs Too
European astronomers have found a large disc of dust and gas in nebula M 17, which seems to be forming…
Searching for a Way to Test String Theory
String theorists have a problem. They have a set of theories which could explain how all the forces in the…
Powerful Flare Seen on a Distant Star
Astronomers have had plenty of time to observe the fluctuations of the Sun, but until now, it's been unclear if…
Chandra Sees Violent M87 Galaxy
A new image released from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows the giant elliptical galaxy M87. Bright jets can be seen…
On the Edge of a Supermassive Black Hole
New images obtained with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope show the immediate surroundings of the supermassive black hole…
Astronomers Peer Into Our Universe’s Dark Age
When you look at the sky, it's like looking through a time machine. The further you look, the longer the…
Probing for Dark Matter Underground
Scientists have gathered the first data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, which is located 750 metres underground in an…
New Explaination for Cosmic Rays
Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have come up with a new theory to help explain how giant radio…
Computer to Simulate Exploding Star
Researchers from the University of Chicago are about to run the most complex simulation of a supernova ever attempted. The…
Binary Pulsar System Confirmed
Researchers located a binary system in 2003, believed to be a spinning pulsar and a neutron star. But new evidence…