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Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel
The spectacular new camera
installed on NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope during
Servicing Mission 4 in May
has delivered the most
detailed view of star birth
... > full story
Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton
Astronomers have tracked
down a gigantic, previously
unknown assembly of galaxies
located almost seven billion
light-years away from us.
The discovery, made possible
by combining two of the most
... > full story
Origin Of Cosmic Rays: VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-year-old Mystery
Nearly 100 years ago,
scientists detected the
first signs of cosmic rays
-- subatomic particles that
zip through space at nearly
... > full story
NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From 'Star Factories' In Other Galaxies
Nearby galaxies undergoing a
furious pace of star
formation also emit lots of
gamma rays, say astronomers
using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray
... > full story
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Opening Up A Colorful Cosmic Jewel Box
October 30, 2009 — The combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes, the ESO Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal, the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at ESO's La Silla observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ... > full story -
Physicist Makes New High-resolution Panorama Of Milky Way
October 29, 2009 — Cobbling together 3,000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its ... > full story -
Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record
October 23, 2009 — The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light ... > full story -
Galactic Magnetic Fields May Control Boundaries Of Our Solar System
October 17, 2009 — Galactic magnetic fields had a far greater impact on Earth's history than previously conceived, and the future of our planet and others may depend, in part, on how the galactic magnetic fields change ... > full story -
Milky Way's Tiny But Tough Galactic Neighbor
October 14, 2009 — A stunning new image reveals one of our nearest galactic neighbors, Barnard's Galaxy, also known as NGC 6822. The galaxy contains regions of rich star formation and curious nebulae, such as the ... > full story -
Bizarre Galaxy Is Result Of Pair Of Spiral Galaxies Smashing Together
October 14, 2009 — A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble our own Milky Way ... > full story -
Heart Of A Galaxy Emits Gamma Rays
October 4, 2009 — The H.E.S.S. telescope system detects high-energy rays from the starburst region of a galactic system outside the Milky ... > full story -
Herschel Views Deep-space Pearls On A Cosmic String
October 2, 2009 — Europe's Herschel space telescope has delivered spectacular vistas of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way, revealing intense, unexpected activity. The dark, cool region is dotted ... > full story -
'Ram Pressure' Stripping Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope Scientists Find
September 30, 2009 — A newly released set of Hubble Space Telescope images highlight the ongoing drama in two galaxies in the Virgo Cluster affected by a process known as "ram pressure stripping", which can result in ... > full story -
New Vista Of Milky Way Center Unveiled
September 22, 2009 — A dramatic new vista of the center of the Milky Way galaxy from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory exposes new levels of the complexity and intrigue in the Galactic center. The mosaic of 88 Chandra ... > full story
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