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Why Aren't There More Stars?
August 20, 2012 — Astronomers may have found the answer to a universal question: Why aren’t there more ... > full story -
Hubble Watches Star Clusters on a Collision Course
August 16, 2012 — Astronomers have caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. The clusters are 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite ... > full story -
This Is Not a Pipe: Curious Dark Pipe Nebula Seen as Never Before
August 15, 2012 — Just as René Magritte wrote “This is not a pipe” on his famous painting, this is also not a pipe. It is however a picture of part of a vast dark cloud of interstellar dust called ... > full story -
Hubble's Close Encounter With the Tarantula
August 11, 2012 — Turning its eye to the Tarantula Nebula, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a close-up of the outskirts of the main cloud of the ... > full story -
Astronomers Crack Mystery of the 'Monster' Stars
August 7, 2012 — In 2010 scientists discovered four ‘monster’ sized stars, with the heaviest more than 300 times as massive as our Sun. Despite their incredible luminosity, these exotic objects, located ... > full story -
Fingering the Culprit That Polluted the Solar System
August 2, 2012 — For decades it has been thought that a shock wave from a supernova explosion triggered the formation of our Solar System. The shock wave also injected material from the exploding star into a cloud of ... > full story -
A Blue Whirlpool in the River: Tranquil Galaxy Home to Violent Events
August 1, 2012 — A new image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of ... > full story -
The 'Flame' Burns Bright in New WISE Image
July 3, 2012 — A new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows the candle-like Flame nebula lighting up a cavern of dust. The Flame nebula is part of the Orion complex, a turbulent ... > full story -
Has the Speediest Pulsar Been Found?
June 29, 2012 — The fastest moving pulsar may have been found about 30,000 light years from Earth. This object is known as IGR J1104-6103 and may be racing away from a supernova remnant at about 6 million miles per ... > full story -
Scientists Find New Primitive Mineral in Meteorite
June 26, 2012 — In 1969, an exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua. More than 40 years later, the Allende meteorite is still ... > full story
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