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Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation
Johnny Cash may have
preferred this galaxy's
burning ring of fire to the
one he sang about falling
into in his popular song.
... > full story
Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
The intense gravity of a
supermassive black hole can
be tapped to produce immense
power in the form of jets
moving at millions of miles
per hour. ... > full story
Hubble Tells a Tale of Galactic Collisions
When we look into the
distant cosmos, the great
majority of the objects we
see are galaxies: immense
gatherings of stars,
planets, gas, dust, and dark
matter, showing up in all
... > full story
Astronomers Discover Surprising Clutch of Hydrogen Clouds Lurking Among Our Galactic Neighbors
In a dark, starless patch of
intergalactic space,
astronomers have discovered
a never-before-seen cluster
of hydrogen clouds strewn
... > full story
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Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas
May 7, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the center of our Milky Way ... > full story -
Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova
May 6, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate wisps of gas that make up an object known as SNR B0519-69.0, or SNR 0519 for short. The thin, blood-red shells are actually the remnants ... > full story -
Hubble Sees the Remains of a Star Gone Supernova
May 3, 2013 — These delicate wisps of gas make up an object known as SNR B0519-69.0, or SNR 0519 for short. The thin, blood-red shells are actually the remnants from when an unstable progenitor star exploded ... > full story -
Colossal Hot Cloud Envelopes Colliding Galaxies
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have completed a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, ... > full story -
Entire Galaxies Feel the Heat from Newborn Stars: Bursts of Star Birth Can Curtail Future Galaxy Growth
April 25, 2013 — Astronomers have shown for the first time that bursts of star formation have a major impact far beyond the boundaries of their host galaxy. These energetic events can affect galactic gas at distances ... > 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 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 -
Massive Galaxy Had Intense Burst of Star Formation When Universe Was Only 6 Percent of Current Age
April 17, 2013 — Astronomers find the most prolific star factory yet seen, in a far-distant galaxy that reveals important information about the cosmic environment in the early history of the ... > full storyMore: -
ALMA Telescope Pinpoints Early Galaxies at Record Speed
April 17, 2013 — Astronomers have used the new ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) telescope to pinpoint the locations of over 100 of the most fertile star-forming galaxies in the early ... > full story -
Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild
April 10, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered a blue supergiant star located far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Over 55 million years ago, the star emerged in an extremely wild environment, ... > full story
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