Astronomy
Arp’s Phantom Jet
[/caption] During the “Great Debate” of 1920 astronomers Herber Curtis and Harlow Shapley had a famous debate on the nature…
New Studies on the Vela Star Forming Region
[/caption] This week at the AAS meeting scientists revealed two new studies on a star forming region in Vela. The…
Get Ready for “Largest Meeting in Astronomy History”
Here comes the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, held during January 3-7, 2010 in Washington, DC. With over…
Do Eruptions of P Cygni Point to a Companion?
The other day, I wrote an article on Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) which made reference to P Cygni as a…
MN112 – A New Luminous Blue Variable Found From Its Nebula?
[/caption] Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) are a rare class of extremely massive stars that teeter on the very edge of…
Galactic Building Blocks
The current view of galactic formation is that galaxies form from a "bottom-up" method. In this picture, small dwarf galaxies,…
New Observations of TrES-2b May Reveal New Exoplanet
[/caption] For those know their solar system history, the discovery of Neptune is an especially exciting story. Before it was…
Can the Recurrent Novae RS Oph Become Type Ia Supernovae?
[/caption] The classical scenario for creating Type Ia supernovae is a white dwarf star accreting mass from a nearby star…
The Invasion of “Teapots From Space!”
With a combination of alien invasion and British invasion, a new video series provides an amusing way to learn about…
New Results from the CDMS II Experiment
It's no secret that astronomers claim that most of our universe is made of dark matter that cannot be readily…