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How Nature Shapes the Birth of Stars
May 11, 2012 — Using state of the art computer simulations, a team of astronomers have found the first evidence that the way in which stars form depends on their birth ... > full story -
Dwarf Galaxy With a Bright Nebula
May 10, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, ... > full story -
Sifting Through Dust Near Orion's Belt
May 2, 2012 — A new image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s Belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. The ... > full story -
Hubble Images Searchlight Beams from a Preplanetary Nebula
April 27, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been at the cutting edge of research into what happens to stars like our sun at the ends of their lives. One stage that stars pass through as they run out of ... > full story -
Spectacular Star Cluster a Wing-Span Away from Eagle Nebula
April 25, 2012 — The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in a new image. It is often overlooked in favor of its more prominent neighbor, the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier 16), that lies a mere wingspan away. But the ... > full story -
Panoramic View of a Turbulent Star-Making Region
April 17, 2012 — Several million stars are vying for attention in a new image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula ... > full story -
NASA's SOFIA Captures Image of Dying, Outflowing Star
April 4, 2012 — Researchers using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured an infrared image of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like star. The object observed by SOFIA, ... > full story -
Organics Probably Formed Easily in Early Solar System
March 30, 2012 — Complex organic compounds, including many important to life on Earth, were readily produced under conditions that likely prevailed in the primordial solar system. Scientists came to this conclusion ... > full story -
Powerhouse in the Crab Nebula: MAGIC Telescopes Observe Pulsar at Highest Energies Yet and Strongly Challenge Current Theories
March 28, 2012 — The pulsar at the center of the famous Crab Nebula is a veritable bundle of energy. Astronomers observed the pulsar in the area of very high energy gamma radiation from 25 up to 400 gigaelectronvolts ... > full story -
Glittering Jewels of Messier 9
March 16, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the so far most detailed image so far of Messier 9, a globular star cluster located close to the centre of the galaxy. This ball of stars is too faint ... > full story
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