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Solar System's Youth Gives Clues to Planet Search
Comets and meteorites
contain clues to our solar
system's earliest days. But
some of the findings are
puzzle pieces that don't
seem to fit well together. A
... > full story
Astronomers Witness Birth of Milky Way's Most Massive Star
Scientists have observed in
unprecedented detail the
birth of a massive star
within a dark cloud core
about 10,000 light years
from Earth. ... > full story
135-Year-Old Meteorite Mystery Solved? Chondrules May Have Formed from High-Pressure Collisions in Early Solar System
A normally staid scientist
has stunned many of his
colleagues with his radical
solution to a 135-year-old
mystery in cosmochemistry.
... > full story
A Hubble View of NGC 1579: The Trifid of the North
Unlike the venomous
fictional plants that share
its name, the Trifid of the
North, otherwise known as
the Northern Trifid or NGC
1579, poses no threat to
... > full story
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Cat's Paw Nebula 'Littered' With Baby Stars
June 5, 2013 — Most skygazers recognize the Orion Nebula, one of the closest stellar nurseries to Earth. Although it makes for great views in backyard telescopes, the Orion Nebula is far from the most prolific ... > full story -
'Low Sodium Diet' Key to Old Age for Stars: New Observations Challenge Current Stellar Theories
May 29, 2013 — Astronomers expect that stars like the Sun will blow off much of their atmospheres into space near the ends of their lives. But new observations of a huge star cluster made using ESO's Very Large ... > full story -
Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
May 23, 2013 — The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like ... > full story -
Spectacular Stellar Nursery: ESO's Very Large Telescope Celebrates 15 Years of Success
May 23, 2013 — With this new view of a spectacular stellar nursery ESO is celebrating 15 years of the Very Large Telescope — the world's most advanced optical instrument. This picture reveals thick clumps of ... > full story -
Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon
May 15, 2013 — A dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming from grains of cold interstellar ... > 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 -
An Anarchic Region of Star Formation
May 2, 2013 — The Danish 1.54-meter telescope located at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that ... > 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 -
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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