February 8, 2013
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A disco inferno in space? Astronomers have been keeping an eye on an unusual star that unleashes a burst of light every 25 days, like an extremely slow pulsating disco ball. Similar pulsating bursts of light have been seen before, but [...]
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December 13, 2012
NGC 3627 glows in the combined light of Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer and the Very Large Telescope in this image. Astronomers conducted a survey of 62 galaxies, including NGC 3627 to study monster black holes at their centers. It’s not just pretty, it’s science. Like a starry watercolor, astronomers combining light from Earth and space-based observatories [...]
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