Astronomy
Astronomers Measure the Shape of a Supernova
Image credit: ESO New data gathered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) seems to indicate that supernovae…
Perseid Meteor Shower Next Week
Image credit: ESA The annual Perseid meteor shower is due to make its appearance in mid-August this summer. The shower…
Canada’s Space Telescope Begins Operations
Image credit: CSA After one month in space, Canada's Microvariability & Oscillations of STars (MOST) space telescope began operations for…
Local Galactic Dust is on the Rise
Image credit: ESA New observations from the European Space Agency's Ulysses spacecraft show that galactic dust in the Milky Way…
Neutron Star Binaries are More Common in Clusters
Image credit: Chandra Many of the stars that we see in globular star clusters are actually binary stars, formed when…
Neutron Star Has Twin Tails
Image credit: ESA Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory have discovered a neutron star with two mysterious…
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Delivers First Images
Image credit: NASA/JPL Launched in April, 2003, NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has sent back its first images of star formation…
Astronomers Map Dark Matter Halo
Image credit: Hubble Two Canadian and a US astronomer have created a detailed map of the halo of dark matter…
Unlocking the Secrets of Dwarf Galaxies
Image credit: UCSC A team of astronomers from the University of Cambridge have been researching a rare group of galaxies,…
Further Evidence Found for Dark Energy
Image credit: SDSS Since the discovery several years ago of a mysterious force, called dark energy, which seems to be…