galaxies
Write Your Name In Galaxies!
[/caption] Ever wanted to see your name in lights? How about star lights? Well there's a fun little website that will…
Can You Find a Hubble Hidden Treasure?
[/caption] Just look at the kind of stunning images that are buried in the archives from the Hubble Space Telescope!…
A Sword of Stars
[/caption] Like the blade of a magical weapon from a fantasy tale, the northern edge of spiral galaxy NGC 891…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: May 14-20, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Dark skies mean galactic studies and this is going to be a terrific week for sacrificing…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – May 7-13, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! With the Moon rising a bit later each night, it's time to begin the galaxy hunt…
Newly Discovered Satellite Galaxies: Another Blow Against Dark Matter?
[/caption] A group of astronomers have discovered a vast structure of satellite galaxies and clusters of stars surrounding our Milky…
Spitzer Spots Two Galaxies in One
[/caption] The Sombrero galaxy has a split personalty, according to recent observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared imaging has revealed…
A Galaxy’s Bulge Divulges Its Spin
[/caption] Although somewhat blobby and deformed, this is in fact a spiral galaxy, located in the southern constellation Hydra. Imaged…
Supernova Explosions, Black Hole Jets Might Cause Galaxies to ‘Age’ Faster
[/caption] Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering one galaxy's star-making gas, driving a dramatic…
Finding Out What Dark Matter Is – And Isn’t
Astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope have been looking for evidence of suspected types of dark matter particles within…