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Revisiting the 'Pillars of Creation'
January 18, 2012 — In 1995, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took an iconic image of the Eagle nebula, dubbed the "Pillars of Creation," highlighting its finger-like pillars where new stars are thought to be forming. Now, ... > full story -
Novel Chemical Route to Form Organic Molecules
January 13, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a novel chemical route to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- complex organic molecules such as naphthalene carrying fused benzene rings -- in ultra-cold regions of ... > full story -
Mystery of Source of Supernova in Nearby Galaxy Solved
January 11, 2012 — Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery of the type of star, or so-called progenitor, that caused a supernova in a nearby galaxy. The finding yields new ... > full storyMore: -
Before They Were Stars: New Image Shows Space Nursery
January 10, 2012 — The stars we see today weren't always as serene as they appear, floating alone in the dark of night. Most stars, likely including our sun, grew up in cosmic turmoil -- as illustrated in a new image ... > full story -
Smoky Pink Core of Omega Nebula
January 4, 2012 — A new image of the Omega Nebula, captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope, is one of the sharpest of this object ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rose-colored central parts of this ... > full story -
WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath
December 23, 2011 — Just in time for the holidays, astronomers have come across a new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, that some say resembles a wreath. You might even think of the red ... > full story -
Young Star Rebels Against Its Parent Cloud
December 15, 2011 — Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 has captured this image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star-formation process can ... > full story -
Tycho's Star Shines in Gamma Rays, NASA's Fermi Shows
December 13, 2011 — In early November 1572, observers on Earth witnessed the appearance of a "new star" in the constellation Cassiopeia, an event now recognized as the brightest naked-eye supernova in more than 400 ... > full story -
Astronomers Find Fastest Rotating Star
December 5, 2011 — The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has picked up the fastest rotating star found so far. This massive bright young star lies in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic ... > full storyMore: -
Magnetic Fields Set Stage for Birth of New Stars
November 16, 2011 — Astronomers have, for the first time, measured the alignment of magnetic fields in gigantic clouds of gas and dust in a distant galaxy. Their results suggest that such magnetic fields play a key role ... > full story
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