Astrosphere for August 17, 2007
Welcome back to your friendly astrosphere. This week, the photograph is of the Swan nebula, captured by seeker372011. It was…
Supermassive Black Holes May Snuff Out Star Formation
New observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that supermassive black holes at the heart of elliptical galaxies might keep…
Dead Star Found Polluted By Earthlike Planet
Astronomers have found a burned out white dwarf star with the remants of an Earthlike planet orbiting it. This chemical…
STS-118: No Repairs Necessary
NASA announced their final decision on Thursday: they won't have the astronauts repair the space shuttle Endeavour. According to the…
Galaxy Cluster Collision Creates a Dark Matter Core
This strange photograph is a composite image of Abell 520, a massive cluster of galaxies in the process of colliding…
STS-118: Micrometeorite Dings Shuttle Windshield
Just to remind us all that the astronauts are really quite exposed up there in orbit, a micrometeorite took a…
Self Organizing Space Dust Could Be a Precursor to Life
As if searching for life wasn't already difficult enough, physicists now think that clouds of particles in space could mimic…
Astrosphere for August 15, 2007
RickJ captured this image Cassiopeia A, the aftermath of a supernova explosion. What's cool is that you can compare Rick's…
STS-118: Damaged Glove Shortens 3rd Spacewalk
Shuttle astronaut Rick Mastracchio and International Space Station resident Clay Anderson hurried inside today, cutting their 3rd spacewalk an hour…
That’s Not a Comet, that’s a Star
If you take a quick look at the photograph with this story you'd think you're looking at a comet. I've…