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Chandra Peers Into the Pillars of Creation
February 15, 2007 — A new look at the famous "Pillars of Creation" with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has allowed astronomers to peer inside the dark columns of gas and dust. This penetrating view of the central ... > full story -
Colorful Demise Of A Sun-Like Star
February 13, 2007 — A brand new image taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 shows the planetary nebula NGC 2440 -- the chaotic structure of the demise of a ... > full story -
Famous Space Pillars Feel The Heat Of Star's Explosion
January 11, 2007 — The three iconic space pillars photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their demise, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. A new, striking image ... > full story -
Rethinking Last Century's Closest, Brightest Supernova
January 9, 2007 — February 2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the nearest and brightest supernova humans have seen in 400 years. Called SN1987A, it burned for weeks in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and provided ... > full story -
Superbubble Of Supernova Remnants Caught In Act Of Forming
January 9, 2007 — A superbubble in space, caught in the act of forming, can help scientists better understand the life and death of massive stars, say researchers at the University of Illinois at ... > full story -
Supernova Remnant: A Star's Death Comes To Light
January 9, 2007 — Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have created a stunning new image of one of the youngest supernova remnants in the galaxy. This new view of the debris of an exploded star helps ... > full story -
Bizarre Pulsar Blasts In Crab Nebula: Is This A Third Magnetic Pole?
January 8, 2007 — Astronomers and physicists using the Cornell-managed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico have discovered radio interpulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar that feature never-before-seen radio emission ... > full story -
New Stars Shed Light On The Past
January 8, 2007 — A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows N90, one of the star-forming regions in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The rich populations of infant stars found here enable astronomers to examine ... > full story -
Portrait Of A Dramatic Stellar Crib
December 22, 2006 — A new, stunning image of the cosmic spider, the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings, finally pays tribute to this amazing, vast and intricately sculpted web of stars and gas. The newly released ... > full story -
New Type Of Massive Stellar Death
December 21, 2006 — So far we have thought that the signature of the death of a massive star was an energetic explosion called a "supernova." New observations show that this is not always the case. On the contrary, a ... > full story
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