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Stars Ancient and Modern?
October 31, 2012 — A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story -
Dark Clouds, Young Stars, and a Dash of Hollywood: New Results from Space Telescope's Explorations of Stellar Birthplaces
October 31, 2012 — An astronomical project has examined the earliest stages of star formation in unprecedented depth: Using techniques more commonly encountered in Hollywood blockbuster computer graphics than in ... > full story -
Hubble Sees Violent Star Formation Episodes in Dwarf Galaxies
October 27, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the faint irregular galaxy NGC 3738, a starburst galaxy. The galaxy is in the midst of a violent episode of star formation, during which it is ... > full story -
Earth's Magnetosphere Behaves Like a Sieve
October 24, 2012 — Our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions than previously believed. Earth’s magnetic field is our planet’s first line of defense against the ... > full story -
Potential Lunar and Martian Bases
October 22, 2012 — Researchers in the UK have presented plans for an extraplanetary laboratory that will determine whether it will be possible to establish a base on the Moon, or potentially ... > full story -
What's Baking on Saturn's Moon Titan?
October 16, 2012 — Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal some new curiosities on the surface of Saturn's mysterious moon Titan, including a nearly circular feature that resembles a giant hot cross bun and ... > full story -
NASA Must Reinvest in Nanotechnology Research, According to New Paper
October 16, 2012 — The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new ... > full story -
Dark Matter Filament Studied in 3-D for the First Time
October 16, 2012 — Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have studied a giant filament of dark matter in 3D for the first time. Extending 60 million light-years from one of the most massive galaxy ... > full story -
European Space Agency Deploys First Orbital Debris Test Radar in Spain
October 15, 2012 — A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will be used to develop future debris warning ... > full story -
X-Raying Stellar Winds in a High-Speed Collision
October 12, 2012 — Two massive stars racing in orbit around each other have had their colliding stellar winds X-rayed for the first time, thanks to the combined efforts of the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and ... > full storyMore:
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