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Mysterious Hot Spots Observed in Cool Red Supergiant
April 24, 2013 — Astronomers have released a new image of the outer atmosphere of Betelgeuse – one of the nearest red supergiants to Earth – revealing the detailed structure of the matter being thrown off ... > full story -
Looking for Life by the Light of Dying Stars
April 24, 2013 — Astronomers have now demonstrated that with the advanced technology available in the next decade we should be able to detect biomarkers like oxygen and methane in the planets that orbit dead stars ... > full story -
Galaxy Goes Green in Burning Stellar Fuel
April 23, 2013 — Astronomers have spotted the "greenest" of galaxies, one that converts fuel into stars with almost 100-percent efficiency. The findings come from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), ... > full story -
Hubble Captures Comet ISON
April 23, 2013 — When the Hubble picture of ISON was taken on April 10, the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the Sun. Hubble photographed a jet blasting dust ... > full story -
Jupiter's Atmosphere Still Contains Water Supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact
April 23, 2013 — Researchers are reporting Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ... > full story -
Universality of Circular Polarization in Star And Planet-Forming Regions: Implications for the Origin of Homochirality of Life
April 23, 2013 — A research team in Japan has performed deep imaging linear and circular polarimetry of the 'Cat's Paw Nebula' (NGC 6334) located in the constellation Scorpius, successfully detecting high degrees of ... > full story -
Using Black Holes to Measure the Universe's Rate of Expansion
April 22, 2013 — Scientists have developed a method that uses black holes to measure distances of billions of light years with a high degree of accuracy. The ability to measure these distances will allow scientists ... > full story -
Grains of Sand from Ancient Supernova Found in Meteorites: Supernova May Have Been the One That Triggered the Formation of the Solar System
April 22, 2013 — Scientists have discovered two tiny grains of silica (SiO2; the most common constituent of sand) in meteorites that fell to earth in Antarctica. Because of their isotopic composition these two grains ... > full story -
Hubble Sees a Unique Cluster: One of the Hidden 15
April 19, 2013 — Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters. These clusters, as the name suggests, were discovered in survey plates from the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the ... > full story -
NASA's Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color
April 19, 2013 — Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic Horsehead Nebula in a new, infrared ... > full story
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