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Planetary Nebula

Looking Into The Green Eye Of Planetary Nebula IC 1295

April 10, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the ESO’s Very Large Telescope was busy using the FORS instrument (FOcal Reducer Spectrograph) to achieve one of the most detailed observations ever taken off a lonely, green planetary nebula [...]

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Greek Observatory Probes Ancient Star

February 27, 2013

Some 2,500 years ago, a Greek astronomer named Aristarchus certainly made some very correct assumptions when he postulated the Sun to be at the center of our known Universe and that the Earth revolved around it. Through this, he also knew that the stars were incredibly far away and now his namesake telescope, the new [...]

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Portrait Of NGC 5189: New Light On An Old Planetary Nebula

February 18, 2013

Stretching across three light years of space and located about 3,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation of Musca, an incredible and rather understudied planetary nebula awaits a new hand to bring out new light. While most planetary nebula have a rather normal, bloated star look, NGC 5189 shows an extraordinary amount [...]

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NGC 1846 – Hubble Reveals Peculiar Life And Death Of A Stellar Population

November 23, 2011

About 160,000 light years away in the direction of southern constellation Doradus, sits a globular cluster. It’s not a new target for the Hubble Space Telescope, but it has had a lot to say for itself over the last twelve years. It’s actually part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, but it’s no ordinary ball of [...]

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Graphenes In Spaaaaaace!

August 11, 2011

And just where have your buckyballs been lately? More technically known as fullerenes, this magnetic form of carbon shows some pretty interesting properties deduced from laboratory work here on Earth. But even more interesting is its cousin – graphene. And guess where it’s been found?! Remove this ad

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