Stellar Evolution
Help! My Stars are Leaking!
[/caption] Star clusters are wonderful test beds for theories of stellar formation and evolution. One of the key roles they…
Colorful Cluster of Stars Competes with the Tarantula Nebula
[/caption] Who can shine the brightest in the Large Magellanic Cloud? A brilliant cluster of stars, open cluster NGC 2100…
“Impossible” Star Exists in Cosmic Forbidden Zone
[/caption] Astronomers say a newly found star should not exist and is in the “forbidden zone” of a widely accepted…
Hubble Movies “Star” Supersonic Jets
[/caption]Don't you know that you are a shooting star... Thanks to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of…
Shiny New Supernova Spotted in Nearby Galaxy
[/caption] Literally an event of stellar proportions, a new Type Ia supernova has been identified in a spiral galaxy 25…
WISE Discovers Some Really “Cool” Stars!
[/caption]What would you say if I told you there are stars with a temperature close to that of a human…
Graphenes In Spaaaaaace!
[/caption] And just where have your buckyballs been lately? More technically known as fullerenes, this magnetic form of carbon shows…
Do Planets Rob Their Stars of Metals?
[/caption] It has been known for several years that stars hosting planets are generally more rich in elements heavier than…
Forever Blowing Bubbles…
[/caption] Thanks to ESO’s Hidden Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition, Manu Mejias, from Argentina compiled the data to give us a…
New Kids On The Block – The Brown Dwarfs
[/caption] When it comes to being close to "home", there are not a lot of stars out there in our…