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A Planetary Nebula Gallery
Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)
This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory....
Southampton researchers explain how pulsars slow down with age
Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a model which explains how the spin of a pulsar slows down as the star gets older. A pulsar is a hig...
The Helix Nebula: Bigger in Death than Life
Oct 10, 2012 (JPL)
A dying star is refusing to go quietly into the night, as seen in this combined infrared and ultraviolet view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Galaxy...
Einstein's theory pushed past light speed
Oct 10, 2012 (UPI)
Australian researchers say they've extended Einstein's theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light, but caution it only works in the math. "O...
TMT will take discoveries of stars orbiting the Milky Way's monster black hole to the next level
Oct 08, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers have discovered a star that whips around the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy in record time, completing an orbit every 11.5 years. The ...
Gone, With the Wind
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
The case of the missing quasar gas clouds has been solved by a worldwide team of astronomers, and the answer is blowin' in the wind. Astronomers Nurten Filiz Ak...
Minerals found in dust around distant star
Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)
Pristine material that matches that of comets in the solar system have been detected in a dust belt around a distant star, European astronomers report. The comp...
Cause of Supernova SN 1006 Revealed
Oct 03, 2012 (SPX)
Between 30 April and 1 May of the year 1006 the brightest stellar event ever recorded in history occurred: a supernova, or stellar explosion, that was widely ob...
Fireworks in the Early Universe
Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)
Galaxies in the early universe grew fast by rapidly making new stars. Such prodigious star formation episodes, characterized by the intense radiation of the new...
University of Utah Awarded Cosmic Rays Study Contract
Sep 28, 2012 (SPX)
The University of Utah reports that the W.M. Keck Foundation awarded $1 million to university researchers to study high-energy cosmic rays in Utah's western des...
The Rich Colours of a Cosmic Seagull
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
This new image from ESO's La Silla Observatory shows part of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Seagull Nebula. This cloud of gas, formally called Sharpless 2-292,...
Stellar Shockwaves Shaped Our Solar System
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
The early years of our solar system were a turbulent time, and questions remain about its development. Dr. Tagir Abdylmyanov, Associate Professor from Kazan Sta...
Ultra-distant galaxy spied amidst cosmic 'Dark Ages'
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, a team of astronomers, including Carnegie's Dan...
NASA's Chandra Shows Milky Way is Surrounded by Halo of Hot Gas
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundred...
Discovery of an Ancient Celestial City Undergoing Rapid Growth
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Using the Multi-Object Infrared Camera and Spectrograph (MOIRCS) mounted on the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers led by Dr. Masao Hayashi (National Astro...
Astrochemistry Enters a Bold New Era with ALMA
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Combining the cutting-edge capabilities of the ALMA telescope with newly-developed laboratory techniques, scientists are opening a completely new era for deciph...
NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy
Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)
With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astronomers have spotted what could be the most...
Berkeley Lab Sensors Enable First Light for the Dark Energy Camera
Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)
Early in the morning of September 12 the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the Victor Blanco Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Ch...
A celestial witch's broom?
Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)
The Pencil Nebula is pictured in a new image from ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. This peculiar cloud of glowing gas is part of a huge ring of wreckage lef...
Largest Magnetic Field Around Massive Star
Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)
A group of astronomers led by Gregg Wade of the Royal Military College of Canada have used the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) at The University of Texas at Austin...
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