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Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
A new technique using
near-infrared images,
obtained with ESO's
3.58-metre New Technology
Telescope (NTT), allows
astronomers to see through
the opaque dust lanes of the
... > full story
Spiral Galaxies: Exploring the Baffling Boxy Bulge
Just as many people are
surprised to find themselves
packing on unexplained
weight around the middle,
astronomers find the
evolution of bulges in the
... > full story
'Vampire Star': Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified
Using ESO's Very Large
Telescope and its ability to
obtain images as sharp as if
taken from space,
astronomers have made the
first time-lapse movie of a
... > full story
Close-Up Movie Shows Hidden Details in the Birth of Super-Suns
A new high-resolution
time-lapse movie reveals the
process of massive star
formation with radio images
a thousand times sharper and
more detailed than any
... > full story
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Lightning Strike in Africa Helps Take Pulse of Sun
November 14, 2009 — Scientists have developed a more definitive and reliable tool for measuring the Sun's rotation when sunspots aren't visible ---- and even when they are -- based on observations of common lightning ... > full story -
'Doomsday' 2012 Prediction Explained: Mayan Calendar Was Cyclical
November 14, 2009 — Contrary to what the latest Hollywood blockbuster movie would suggest, the world will NOT end on Dec. 21, 2012, according to astronomers. The Mayan calendar was designed to be cyclical, so the fact ... > full story -
Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun's Surface
November 14, 2009 — The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart up -- and behind the ... > full story -
Rosetta Bound for Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby
November 13, 2009 — This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA's comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic journey to ... > full story -
New Experiment Could Reveal Make-Up of the Universe
November 13, 2009 — Scientists in England are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the ... > full story -
LCROSS Impact Analysis Indicates Water on Moon
November 13, 2009 — The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully ... > full story -
Nanotech in Space: New Experiment to Weather the Trials of Orbit
November 13, 2009 — Novel nanomaterials are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. The project seeks to test the performance of the new nanocomposites in orbit. The materials ... > full story -
Two Earth-Sized Bodies With Oxygen-Rich Atmospheres Found, but They're Stars Not Planets
November 13, 2009 — Astrophysicists have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres; however, there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or even a ... > full story -
Professor to Predict Weather on Mars
November 13, 2009 — Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, ... > full story -
ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery
November 13, 2009 — When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth on Nov. 13 for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy. The results ... > full story
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