Could Mystery Outburst be a New Stellar Phenomenon?
[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope serendipitously captured a mysterious burst of light on February 21, 2006. Over the next 100…
Puppis
[/caption] The constellation of Puppis once belonged to a much larger constellation known as Argo Navis - the mythological ship…
Cassiopeia A Comes Alive in 3-D Movies
[/caption] Want to know what it's like to fly through a supernova remnant? Then, THIS, you have to see. You'll…
New Ares Construction “Towers” Over 39B
[/caption] Things are a-changing over at the Kennedy Space Center launch complex. The first lightning tower for the Ares rockets…
Piscis Austrinus
[/caption] Located just south of the ecliptic plane, Piscis Austrinus was one of the original 48 constellations charted by Ptolemy,…
Watch More Events Live from AAS on Tuesday Jan. 6
[/caption] Once again our sister site Astronomy Cast LIVE will be providing live video coverage of press events at the…
Triple Whammy: Milky Way More Massive, Spinning Faster and More Likely to Collide
[/caption] For many of us, looking closely in the mirror and stepping on the bathroom scale just after the holidays…
Hubble, Spitzer Collaborate for Stunning Panorama of Galactic Center
[/caption] Two of the biggest space telescopes have combined forces to create a HUGE panorama of the center of the…
What is the Milky Way Collision?
Billions of years from now, the Milky Way will look totally different, as pictured to the left. When you look…
Broken-up Asteroids Found Orbiting White Dwarfs
[/caption] Astronomers studying white dwarfs have found the remains of "shredded" asteroids around some of these dead stars. This finding…