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Herschel Discovers Some of the Youngest Stars Ever Seen
March 20, 2013 — Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen, thanks to the Herschel space observatory. Dense envelopes of gas and dust surround the fledgling stars known as protostars, making their ... > full story -
Spiral Beauty Graced by Fading Supernova
March 20, 2013 — About 35 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Eridanus (The River), lies the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. Back in 1999 the serene appearance of this galaxy was shattered by the ... > full story -
Famous Supernova Reveals Clues About Crucial Cosmic Distance Markers
March 18, 2013 — A new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler, belongs to an important class of ... > full story -
Hubble Gazes on One Ring to Rule Them All
March 18, 2013 — Galaxies can take many forms -- elliptical blobs, swirling spiral arms, bulges, and disks are all known components of the wide range of galaxies we have observed using telescopes like the NASA/ESA ... > full story -
Distant Planetary System Is a Super-Sized Solar System
March 14, 2013 — Astronomers have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our Solar System. A spectrum reveals that the carbon to oxygen ratio is consistent with the ... > full story -
'Monster' Starburst Galaxies Discovered in Early Universe
March 13, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered starburst galaxies earlier in the Universe's history than they were previously thought to have existed. These newly discovered galaxies represent what today's most massive ... > full storyMore: -
Earth-Sized Planets in Habitable Zones Are More Common Than Previously Thought
March 12, 2013 — The number of potentially habitable planets is greater than previously thought, according to a new analysis by a Penn State researcher, and some of those planets are likely lurking around nearby ... > full story -
Astronomers Conduct First Remote Reconnaissance of Another Planetary System
March 11, 2013 — Researchers have conducted a remote reconnaissance of a distant planetary system with a new telescope imaging system that sifts through the blinding light of stars. Using a suite of high-tech ... > full storyMore: -
Closest Star System Found in a Century
March 11, 2013 — A pair of newly discovered stars is the third-closest star system to the Sun and the closest discovered since 1916. At 6.5 light years, it is so close that Earth's television transmissions from 2006 ... > full story -
Astronomers Find 'Lost' Supernova
March 7, 2013 — Supernova explosions of massive stars are common in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, where new stars are forming all the time. They are almost never seen in elliptical galaxies where star ... > full story
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