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Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
A new technique using
near-infrared images,
obtained with ESO's
3.58-metre New Technology
Telescope (NTT), allows
astronomers to see through
the opaque dust lanes of the
... > full story
'Vampire Star': Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified
Using ESO's Very Large
Telescope and its ability to
obtain images as sharp as if
taken from space,
astronomers have made the
first time-lapse movie of a
... > full story
Close-Up Movie Shows Hidden Details in the Birth of Super-Suns
A new high-resolution
time-lapse movie reveals the
process of massive star
formation with radio images
a thousand times sharper and
more detailed than any
... > full story
Two Earth-Sized Bodies With Oxygen-Rich Atmospheres Found, but They're Stars Not Planets
Astrophysicists have
discovered two earth sized
bodies with oxygen rich
atmospheres; however, there
is a bit of a disappointing
... > full story
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Rapid Star Formation Spotted in 'Stellar Nurseries' of Infant Galaxies
November 12, 2009 — The Universe's infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our Sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to ... > full story -
Exoplanets Clue To Sun's Curious Chemistry
November 12, 2009 — A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. ... > full story -
Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes Its First Health Check
November 11, 2009 — Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health. This leaves the way clear for commissioning the many new technology payloads aboard the ... > full story -
Middleweight Black Hole: Swift, XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into X-Ray Source
November 10, 2009 — While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has been much harder to come by. Now, astronomers find that ... > full story -
'Dropouts' Pinpoint Earliest Galaxies
November 9, 2009 — Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its characteristic ... > full story -
Unsettled Youth: Spitzer Observes A Chaotic Planetary System
November 9, 2009 — Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children. Now, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with ... > full story -
Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel
November 8, 2009 — The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby ... > full story -
The CoRoT Satellite : 3 More Years To Hunt For Planets And To Listen To The Music Of Stars
November 6, 2009 — The operations of the CoRoT mission has been extended for three additional years, until 31 March ... > full story -
Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star
November 5, 2009 — Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. In Earth's time frame, ... > full story -
NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From 'Star Factories' In Other Galaxies
November 2, 2009 — Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Two so-called "starburst" galaxies, plus a ... > full story
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