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Brilliant but Solitary Superstar Discovered in Nearby Galaxy
May 25, 2011 — An extraordinarily bright isolated star has been found in a nearby galaxy -- the star is three million times brighter than the Sun. All previous similar "superstars" were found in star clusters, but ... > full story -
How to Learn a Star's True Age
May 24, 2011 — For many movie stars, their age is a well-kept secret. In space, the same is true of the actual stars. Like our sun, most stars look almost the same for most of their lives. So how can we tell if a ... > full story -
Kepler's Astounding Haul of Multiple-Planet Systems
May 24, 2011 — NASA's Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. Of ... > full story -
Expanded Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope Flexing New Scientific Muscle
May 24, 2011 — The famous Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope has become the Expanded VLA -- a completely new scientific instrument with dramatically improved capabilities. Results from early users show these ... > full story -
Nearby Supernova Factory Ramps Up
May 24, 2011 — A local supernova factory has recently started production, according to a wealth of new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory on the Carina Nebula. This discovery may help astronomers better ... > full story -
Feuding Helium Dwarf Stars Exposed by Eclipse
May 24, 2011 — Researchers have found a unique feuding double white dwarf star system where each star appears to have been stripped down to just its ... > full story -
Free-Floating Planets May Be More Common Than Stars
May 18, 2011 — Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these lone ... > full story -
Galaxy NGC 4214: A Star Formation Laboratory
May 12, 2011 — Hubble's newest camera has taken an image of galaxy NGC 4214. This galaxy glows brightly with young stars and gas clouds, and is an ideal laboratory to research star formation and ... > full story -
NASA's Fermi Spots 'Superflares' in the Crab Nebula
May 11, 2011 — The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object. On April 12, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ... > full story -
How 'Hot Jupiters' Got So Close to Their Stars: Extrasolar Planet Research Sheds Light on Our Solar System
May 11, 2011 — More than 500 extrasolar planets -- planets that orbit stars other than the sun -- have been discovered since 1995. But only in the last few years have astronomers observed that in some of these ... > full story
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