Nebula News

Posted December 10, 2010:

• WISE Sees an Explosion of Infrared Light

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Searching the Heavens for Newborn Stars: NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Ready to Take Flight

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Astronomers Find 'Rosetta Stone' for T-Dwarf Stars

Posted November 19, 2010:

• Hubble Captures New Star Birth in an Ancient Galaxy

Posted November 18, 2010:

• WISE Image Reveals Strange Specimen in Starry Sea: Dying Star Surrounded by Fluorescing Gas, Unusual Rings
• Enigma of Missing Stars in Local Group of Galaxies May Be Solved

Posted November 15, 2010:

• NASA's Chandra Finds Youngest Nearby Black Hole

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Giant Star Goes Supernova and Is Smothered by Its Own Dust

Posted October 6, 2010:

• The Secret of the 'Unicorn' Revealed

Posted September 24, 2010:

• 'Coreshine' Sheds Light on the Birth of Stars: Astronomers Discover a New Phenomenon in Molecular Clouds

Posted September 22, 2010:

• Breaking Waves in the Lagoon Nebula

Posted September 18, 2010:

• Cosmic Ice Sculptures: Dust Pillars in the Carina Nebula

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Supernova Shrapnel Found in Meteorite

Posted August 25, 2010:

• WISE Space Telescope Captures the Unicorn's Rose

Posted August 23, 2010:

• Fermi Detects Gamma-Rays from Exploding Nova

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Fermi Detects 'Shocking' Surprise from Supernova's Little Cousin

Posted August 11, 2010:

• Ambitious Survey Spots Stellar Nurseries

Posted August 7, 2010:

• NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle

Posted July 28, 2010:

• Brilliant Star in a Colorful Neighborhood

Posted July 23, 2010:

• NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs in Space for First Time

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Stars Just Got Bigger: A 300-Solar-Mass Star Uncovered

Posted July 16, 2010:

• Herschel: The First Science Highlights

Posted July 13, 2010:

• Hubble Snaps Sharp Image of Cosmic Concoction

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Origin of Key Cosmic Explosions Still a Mystery

Posted July 7, 2010:

• Starburst Cluster Shows Celestial Fireworks
• Newborn Stars Discovered in Dark Cosmic Cloud

Posted June 30, 2010:

• R Coronae Australis: A Cosmic Watercolor

Posted June 24, 2010:

• Galaxy Encounter Fires Up Quasar

Posted June 22, 2010:

• Hubble Captures Bubbles and Baby Stars

Posted June 10, 2010:

• Many Famous Comets Originally Formed in Other Solar Systems

Posted June 2, 2010:

• Hubble Catches Stars on the Move: Surprising Signs of Unrest in Massive Star Cluster

Posted June 1, 2010:

• Cosmic Zoo in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted May 24, 2010:

• WISE Telescope Has Heart and Soul

Posted May 21, 2010:

• Ribbon at Edge of Our Solar System: Will the Sun Enter a Million-Degree Cloud of Interstellar Gas?

Posted May 17, 2010:

• Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula

Posted May 12, 2010:

• Death of a Star in 3D: New Computer Models Show in Detail How Supernovae Obtain Their Shape

Posted May 11, 2010:

• Herschel Finds a Hole in Space: Surprising Glimpse Into End of Star-Forming Process
• Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star Speeding from 30 Doradus

Posted May 10, 2010:

• Astronomers Plan Second Look at Mega Star Birthing Grounds

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Astronomers Spot Mega-Star Cradle

Posted April 26, 2010:

• Planck Space Observatory Highlights the Complexity of Star Formation

Posted April 23, 2010:

• Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years of Awe and Discovery

Posted April 21, 2010:

• Cat's Paw Nebula: Celestial Cat's Hidden Secrets Revealed

Posted April 14, 2010:

• Good Prospects for Extraterrestrial Life? Rocky Planets 'Are Commonplace' in Our Galaxy

Posted April 13, 2010:

• First Detailed Look at Young Dusty Discs Around Aging Stars

Posted April 12, 2010:

• Baby Stars in the Rosette Cloud

Posted April 1, 2010:

• Colony of Young Stars Shines in New Spitzer Image

Posted March 31, 2010:

• Astronomers See Historical Supernova from a New Angle
• Light and Dark Face of a Star-Forming Nebula

Search ScienceDaily