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Are Super-Earths Actually Mini-Neptunes?
February 4, 2013 — In the last two decades astronomers have found hundreds of planets in orbit around other stars. One type of these so-called 'exoplanets' is the super-Earths that are thought to have a high proportion ... > full story -
3-D Fireworks of a Star: Astronomers Reconstruct Journey of Emitted Gas
January 24, 2013 — In 1901 the star GK Persei gave off a powerful explosion that has not stopped growing and astonishing ever since. Now astronomers have reconstructed the journey of the emitted gas in 3-D which, ... > full story -
Setting the Dark on Fire: Beautiful View of Clouds of Cosmic Dust in Region of Orion
January 23, 2013 — In space, dense clouds of cosmic gas and dust are the birthplaces of new stars. In visible light, this dust is dark and obscuring, hiding the stars behind it. So much so that, when astronomer William ... > full story -
Microquasar Makes a Giant Manatee Nebula
January 19, 2013 — A new view of a 20,000-year old supernova remnant demonstrates the upgraded imaging power of the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array and provides more clues to the history ... > full story -
Hidden Treasure in Large Magellanic Cloud
January 17, 2013 — Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. Vast clouds of gas within it ... > full story -
Light from Darkness: Brilliant Stars Emerging from Dusty Stellar Nursery
January 16, 2013 — An evocative new image from the European Southern Observatory shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming, along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already emerged from their dusty ... > full story -
Cloudy Mystery Solved: A Puzzling Cloud Near the Galaxy's Center May Hold Clues to How Stars Are Born
January 10, 2013 — It's the mystery of the curiously dense cloud. And astronomers are on the case. Despite being very dense, the cloud -- situated near the crowded galactic center -- does not form many stars. But now ... > full story -
A Jumble of Exotic Stars: New VISTA Snap of Star Cluster 47 Tucanae
January 10, 2013 — A new infrared image from the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope shows the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there are many ... > full story -
Next-Generation Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details to Light in Stellar Nursery
January 9, 2013 — A new image reveals how Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clarity and detail by removing distortions ... > full story -
New Approach for Simulating Supernovas
January 8, 2013 — Researchers are trying to bridge the gap between studies of supernova blasts and the remnants they leave behind. They hope to use a relatively new computer code to show more of the evolution from ... > full story
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