Stars
A Cosmic Snake for Chinese New Year
Gong Hey Fat Choy! Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and what better way to celebrate the…
Earthlike Exoplanets Are All Around Us
Artist's impression of a rocky planet orbiting a red dwarf. Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA) We may literally be surrounded by…
We Are Made of Stardust
This brief quote by the late Carl Sagan is wonderfully illustrated in the beautiful and poignant short film "Stardust," directed…
Detailed View of Betelgeuse, on a Collision Course with a Nearby Wall of Dust
A photograph of the red supergiant Betelgeuse interacting with a mysterious dusty wall. Image credit: Herschel/ESA Betelgeuse is one of…
So. Many. Stars…
Infrared image of globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) captured by ESO’s VISTA telescope. "My god, it's full of stars!" said…
Clouds of Sand and Iron Swirl in a Failed Star’s Extreme Atmosphere
Artist's concept of brown dwarf 2MASSJ22282889-431026 (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The complex weather patterns within the atmosphere of a rapidly-rotating brown dwarf have been…
Behold! Hubble’s Heavenly Holiday “Ornament”
Planetary nebula NGC 5189 as seen by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) It may be just…
The Truth About 2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility
NASA is trying to make sure that no one is taking the 2012 doomsday nonsense seriously, and just put out…
- Cosmology
- Herschel Space Telescope
- Infrared Astronomy
- Observatories
- Spitzer
- Star Formation
- Stars
- Stellar Evolution
Orion Revisited: Astronomers Find New Star Cluster in Front of the Orion Nebula
The well-known star-forming region of the Orion Nebula. Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / Coelum (J.-C. Cuillandre & G. Anselmi) Precise distances…
Closely-Orbiting Stellar Companions Surrounded by “Mystery Dust”
Artist's concept showing a dust disk around a binary system containing a white dwarf and a less-massive M (red) dwarf…