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Ghostly Green Bubble: Detailed Image of Planetary Nebula
April 10, 2013 — An intriguing new picture shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield). This is ... > full story -
Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars With Masses Similar to Our Sun Outside Our Milky Way Galaxy
April 3, 2013 — The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors. In fact, it was so bright that many navigators used this object to make their way across the oceans. A new ... > full story -
Hubble Sees J 900 Masquerading as a Double Star
April 2, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Jonckheere 900 or J 900, a planetary nebula -- glowing shells of ionized gas pushed out by a dying star. Discovered in the early 1900s by astronomer ... > full story -
Supernova Remnant 1987A Continues to Reveal Its Secrets
April 1, 2013 — A team of astronomers has succeeded in observing the death throes of a giant star in unprecedented detail. In February of 1987, astronomers observing the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf ... > full story -
Sprial Galaxy: Hidden Depths of Messier 77 Revealed
March 28, 2013 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77, one of the most famous and well-studied galaxies in the sky. The patches of red across this image ... > full story -
Sun Block for the 'Big Dog': Astronomers Detect Titanium Oxide and Titanium Dioxide Around the Giant Star VY Canis Majoris
March 27, 2013 — Astronomers have successfully identified two titanium oxides in the extended atmosphere around a giant star. The object VY Canis Major is one of the largest stars in the known universe and close to ... > full story -
How to Build a Very Large Star
March 27, 2013 — Stars ten times as massive as the Sun, or more, should not exist: as they grow, they tend to push away the gas they feed on, starving their own growth. Scientists have been struggling to figure out ... > full story -
A Youthful 'Star Wreck': Youngest-Known Supernova Remnants in Our Milky Way Galaxy
March 15, 2013 — While performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions, NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star. Designated G306.3.9 after the ... > full story -
Astronomers Find 'Lost' Supernova
March 7, 2013 — Supernova explosions of massive stars are common in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, where new stars are forming all the time. They are almost never seen in elliptical galaxies where star ... > full story -
Hubble Observes Glowing, Fiery Shells of Gas
March 1, 2013 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope may look like something from "The Lord of the Rings," but this fiery swirl is actually a planetary nebula known as ESO 456-67. Set against a backdrop of ... > full story
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