Infrared Astronomy
Failed Star Is One Cool Companion
[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…
Gas, Not Galaxy Collisions Responsible for Star Formation in Early Universe
[/caption] Was the universe a kinder, gentler place in the past that we have thought? The Herschel space observatory has…
Where’s the Debris for Transiting Planets?
For many exoplanet systems that have been discovered by the radial velocity method, astronomers have found excess emission in the…
Runaway Star Creates Quite a Shock
[/caption] Faster than a speeding bullet, this supergiant star looks like it might be wearing a red cape. Alpha Camelopardalis,…
The Real News about Ophiuchus: There’s a Runaway Star Plowing Through It
Lots of folks seem to be up in arms about the "new" sign in the zodiac, Ophiuchus, and the news…
SOFIA Opens New Window on Star Formation in Orion
From a NASA Press Release: A mid-infrared mosaic image from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, offers new…
SOFIA Telescope Makes First Science Flight
[/caption] SOFIA, NASA's airplane-based Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy made its first science flight on Wednesday, to help demonstrate the…
Herschel Provides Gravitational Lens Bonanza
[/caption]One of the predictions of Einstein's predictions from general relativity was that gravity could distort space itself and potentially, act…
New VISTA Within the Unicorn
[/caption] What a gorgeous new infrared image of the region within the Monoceros (Unicorn) constellation taken from ESO’s Paranal Observatory…
Herschel Finds Water Around a Carbon Star
[/caption] There’s something strange going on around the red giant star CW Leonis (a.k.a. IRC+10216). Deep within the star’s carbon-rich…