Stellar Evolution
Do Galaxies Recycle Their Material?
[/caption] It's a great question that's now been validated by the Hubble Space Telescope. Recent observations have shown how galaxies…
Antique Stars Could Help Solve Mysteries Of Early Milky Way
[/caption] Utilizing ESO's giant telescopes located in Chile, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have been examining "antique" stars. Located…
New NASA Mission Hunts Down Zombie Stars
[/caption] Neutron stars have been classed as "undead"... real zombie stars. Even though technically defunct, the neutron star continues to…
Early Galaxy Chemistry: VLT Observes Gamma-Ray Burst
[/caption] "Shot through the heart and you're to blame..." There's nothing more powerful than a gamma-ray burst. These abrupt, mega-bright…
Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Found Orbiting Dying Stars
[/caption] Some interesting new additions to the exoplanet family were announced last week by astronomers from Penn State University. While…
Guest Post by Author Peter Shaver: Cosmic Time Scales
[/caption] Editor's note: Peter Shaver is the author of the new book "Cosmic Heritage – Evolution from the Big Bang…
Free Range Brown Dwarfs
[/caption] Using two of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and the Very Large Telescope (VLT)…
Sunny Side Up: New Image of the Fried Egg Nebula Reveals a Rare Yellow Hypergiant Star
[/caption] A new look at the Fried Egg Nebula has revealed one of the rarest classes of stars in the…
Stellar Superburst: Neutron Star Blows Away Model
[/caption]Imagine an event so catastrophic that it pours more energy out in three hours than the Sun does in a…
Solo Star Synthesis
[/caption] "Swing your partner round and round... Out of the cluster and out of town" While that's a facetious description…