Nebula News

Posted December 23, 2011:

• WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Young Star Rebels Against Its Parent Cloud

Posted December 13, 2011:

• Tycho's Star Shines in Gamma Rays, NASA's Fermi Shows

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Astronomers Find Fastest Rotating Star

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Magnetic Fields Set Stage for Birth of New Stars
• Cool Clouds of Carina: APEX Reveals New View of Star Formation in the Carina Nebula

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Tarantula Nebula Glows With X-Rays and Infrared Light

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Carbon-Based Organic 'Carriers' in Interstellar Dust Clouds? Newly Discovered Diffuse Interstellar Bands

Posted October 28, 2011:

• 'Pacman' Nebula Gets Some Teeth

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists Throughout the Universe

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Starburst Captured: Students Photograph Exploding Star in Pinwheel Galaxy

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Astronomers Reveal Supernova Factory

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Feast Your Eyes on the Fried Egg Nebula

Posted September 21, 2011:

• An Angry Bird in the Sky: Lambda Centauri Nebula

Posted September 15, 2011:

• How Single Stars Lost Their Companions

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Fermi's Latest Gamma-Ray Census Highlights Cosmic Mysteries

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Young Stars Take a Turn in the Spotlight

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Hubble Movies Reveal Solar-System-Sized Traffic Jams: Giant Jets Spewing from Newborn Stars Revealed in Telescope's Images

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Hubble Movies Provide Unprecedented View of Supersonic Jets from Young Stars

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Atlas of the Milky Way Leads to Discovery of Two Supernova Remnants

Posted August 12, 2011:

• Hubble Offers Dazzling Necklace Nebula
• A Cosmic Inkblot Test: Spitzer Captures View of Dumbbell Nebula

Posted July 20, 2011:

• Cosmic Superbubble Carved by Stellar Winds from Bright Young Stars and Supernova Shockwaves

Posted July 6, 2011:

• Sun's 'DNA' Revealed

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion

Posted June 23, 2011:

• Sun and Planets Constructed Differently Than Thought, NASA Mission Suggests
• Flames of Betelgeuse: New Image Reveals Vast Nebula Around Famous Supergiant Star

Posted June 19, 2011:

• Green Ring Fit for a Superhero: Spitzer Space Telescope Spies Powerful Light of Giant 'O' Stars

Posted June 9, 2011:

• New Supernova Remnant Lights Up: SN1987A Shines Again

Posted June 8, 2011:

• First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope With With Huge 268-Megapixel Camera

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Rendezvous With an Asteroid: NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Near-Earth Asteroid in 2016

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Brilliant but Solitary Superstar Discovered in Nearby Galaxy

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up

Posted May 23, 2011:

• Hubble Views the Star That Changed the Universe

Posted May 11, 2011:

• NASA's Fermi Spots 'Superflares' in the Crab Nebula

Posted May 6, 2011:

• New Mineral Discovered: One of Earliest Minerals Formed in Solar System

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Celestial Fireworks from Dying Stars

Posted April 4, 2011:

• The Art of Making Stars

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Stellar Nursery: The Rose-Red Glow of Star Formation

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Newborn Stars Wreak Havoc in Their Nursery

Posted March 15, 2011:

• Hubble Snaps Close-Up of Tarantula Nebula

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Speed Demon Star Creates a Shock

Posted March 6, 2011:

• 'Elephant Trunks' in Space: WISE Captures Image of Star-Forming Cloud of Dust and Gas

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Oldest Objects in Solar System Indicate a Turbulent Beginning

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Reflected Glory: New Image of Nebula Shows Brilliant Starlight as It Ricochets Off Dust Particles

Posted February 11, 2011:

• New View of Family Life in the North American Nebula

Posted January 19, 2011:

• More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients
• Orion Nebula: Still Full of Surprises

Posted January 12, 2011:

• NASA Satellites Find High-Energy Surprises in 'Constant' Crab Nebula

Posted January 7, 2011:

• Origin of Life on Earth: 'Natural' Asymmetry of Biological Molecules May Have Come from Space

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