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A New 3-D Map of the Interstellar Gas Within 300 Parsecs from the Sun
Astronomy & Astrophysics
is publishing new 3-D maps
of the interstellar gas in
the local area around our
sun. A French-American team
... > full story
The Stars Behind the Curtain
Astronomers have obtained a
new image of the giant
stellar nursery surrounding
NGC 3603, in which stars are
continuously being born.
Embedded in this scenic
nebula is one of the most
... > full story
Astronomers Find Rare Beast by New Means
Astronomers have found an
example of the rare type of
supernova thought to produce
Gamma Ray Bursts, but
through radio, not
gamma-ray, observations. The
breakthrough, they say, will
... > full story
Hubble Catches End of Star-Making Party in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy
Galaxies throughout the
universe are ablaze with
star birth. But for a
nearby, small spiral galaxy,
the star-making party is
almost over. Astronomers
... > full story
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Astronomers Discover Coolest Sub-Stellar Body Outside Our Solar System
February 1, 2010 — Astronomers have discovered what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar ... > full story -
Black Hole Hunters Set New Distance Record
January 30, 2010 — Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have detected, in another galaxy, a stellar-mass black hole much farther away than any other previously known. With a mass above fifteen times that of the ... > full story -
Universe Is 30 Times More Run Down Than Thought, Astronomers Find
January 27, 2010 — Cars run out of petrol, stars run out of fuel and galaxies collapse into black holes. As they do, the universe and everything in it is gradually running down. But how run down is it? Researchers from ... > full story -
Groovy Hills Rising from Titan's Surface
January 26, 2010 — Hills with a wrinkly radial pattern stand out in a new radar image of Saturn's moon Titan captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 28, ... > full story -
Stunning New Image of Cat's Paw Nebula
January 24, 2010 — Astronomers have just released a stunning new image of the vast cloud known as the Cat's Paw Nebula or NGC 6334. This complex region of gas and dust, where numerous massive stars are born, lies near ... > full story -
Spectacular X-Ray Tails Surprise Astronomers
January 23, 2010 — Astronomer were surprised to find two distinct "tails" found on a long tail of gas that is believed to be forming stars where few stars have been formed before. What is also unusual is the gas tail, ... > full story -
Chemical Composition of Red Giant Star With More Carbon Than Oxygen in Its Atmosphere
January 17, 2010 — Researchers have conducted the most complete analysis of the chemical composition and evolutionary state of a spectral type R carbon star. The presence of carbon is essential for the possible ... > full story -
Second Smallest Exoplanet Spotted: Discovery Highlights New Potential for Eventually Finding Earth-Mass Planets
January 14, 2010 — Astronomers using the highly sensitive 10-meter Keck I telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea have detected an extrasolar planet with a mass just four times that of Earth. The planet, which orbits its ... > full story -
Giant Magnetic Loop Sweeps Through Space Between Stellar Pair
January 14, 2010 — An intercontinental radio-telescope system has revealed a giant magnetic loop sweeping through the space between a pair of stars in the famous naked-eye system ... > full story -
How Galaxies Form: New Research Resolves Conflict in Theory
January 14, 2010 — The cold dark matter theory has been used for more than 20 years to explain how the smooth universe from the big bang evolved into the galaxy-rich cosmos we see today. But there was a problem: the ... > full story
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