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Hubble Image: The Galaxy Puzzle in the Constellation of Centaurus
January 7, 2013 — The Universe loves to fool our eyes, giving the impression that celestial objects are located at the same distance from Earth. A good example can be seen in a new spectacular image produced by the ... > full story -
NASA's NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web
January 7, 2013 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and caught the brilliant glow of two black holes lurking ... > full story -
Detecting Dusty Clouds and Stars: New Radio Wave Technique Uncovers Shadows of Clouds and Stars in Milky Way's Center
January 7, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new tool for detecting dusty clouds and stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy: simply take a picture using radio waves. Unlike in the optical, X-ray and infrared ... > full story -
Sudden, Massive Outburst in Neighbor Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
January 7, 2013 — Astronomers making a long-term study of galaxies see sudden, energetic outburst in one of them. Still under observation, the outburst probably results from messy eating by a supermassive black ... > full story -
Astrophysicists Make Stellar Discovery About Galaxies Far, Far Away
January 3, 2013 — Astrophysicists have shed new light on how galaxies formed in the early universe. The discovery suggests that the current model for galaxy formation and evolution needs to be ... > full story -
Galactic Geysers Fueled by Star Stuff
January 2, 2013 — Enormous outflows of charged particles from the center of our galaxy, stretching more than halfway across the sky and moving at supersonic speeds, have been detected and mapped with CSIRO's 64-m ... > full storyMore: -
Eulogy to Herschel
January 2, 2013 — With its 2160 liters of liquid helium about to run out, the Herschel Space Observatory will, by the end of March, become just another piece of space junk. The astronomer who leads one of the ... > full story -
An Image Gallery Gift from NASA's Swift
December 28, 2012 — Of the three telescopes carried by NASA's Swift satellite, only one captures cosmic light at energies similar to those seen by the human eye. Although small by the standards of ground-based ... > full story -
Hubble Eyes the Needle Galaxy: IC 2233, One of the Flattest Galaxies Known
December 28, 2012 — Like finding a silver needle in the haystack of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a beautiful image of the spiral galaxy IC 2233, one of the flattest galaxies ... > full story -
Armchair Science: Bag and Tag Glowing Galactic Clouds
December 20, 2012 — A new galactic game launches today that lets citizen scientists identify the glowing clouds where future stars will be born. The online experience, called Clouds, is a new addition to the Milky Way ... > full story
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