Supermassive Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies
Astronomers are now understanding the connection between supermassive black holes and the galaxies they inhabit better and better. In fact,…
Colliding White Dwarfs Caused a Powerful Supernova
There are a few ways that stars can go kaboom, and each variant is different enough that astronomers can figure…
Book Review: Protostars and Planets V
Fabulous theories predict a dynamic, temporal universe. Assuming a special beginning and a robust continuance, we can imagine a transformation…
Carnival of Space #27 – and an Announcement
I'm happy once again to be the host of the Carnival of Space, here at Universe Today. I also wanted…
Astrosphere for October 31st, 2007
Happy Halloween everyone. First up, enjoy a triple view of Comet Holmes, captured by ngc3314. Of course, Halloween is an…
Three New Jupiter-Sized Planets Discovered
You know the science of planet hunting is getting mainstream when there's very little fanfare for the discovery of 3…
Detailed Images of Comet Holmes
Late last week, the normally dim Comet 17P/Holmes suddenly blazed into view, increasing in brightness by a factor of a…
Better View of the Damaged Panel
With all that fancy camera equipment, the NASA astronauts took more detailed images of the damaged solar panels on the…
Hubble Sees Beautiful Carnage
Ahh, another beautiful photograph captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This time we're looking at two big, beautiful spiral galaxies...…
An Even More Massive Black Hole
Wait, stop the internet! Remember when I said the most massive black hole had been discovered? Sorry, that record has…