Medium-Sized Black Hole Lurks in a Star Cluster
Supermassive black holes lurk at the heart of galaxies, containing the mass of millions of stars. Stellar mass black holes…
Grand Spiral Galaxy M81 by Hubble
Astronomers released this beautiful photograph of the grand spiral design galaxy, M81, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Although it…
What’s Up this Week: May 28 – June 3, 2007
Monday, May 28 - On this day in 1959, the first primates made it to space. Abel (a rhesus monkey)…
Podcast: Neutron Stars and their Exotic Cousins
Astronomers are always trying to get their hands on bigger and more powerful telescopes. But the most powerful telescopes in…
Astronauts Will Get Some Warning When the Space Storm’s Coming
One of the great risks of space travel is the threat from solar radiation storms. An unlucky group of astronauts…
Merging Stars Create a New Class of Explosion
Astronomers know of several kinds of explosions in space. Supernovae occur when massive stars detonate or become black holes. Gamma…
Dark Caverns Discovered on Mars
When I first saw this image, I thought it was some kind of joke, or Photoshop trick. But nope, this…
Astrosphere for May 25, 2007
In case you missed it, I hosted the 4th Carnival of Space yesterday here at Universe Today, so no astrosphere.…
Coastal Scene on Titan
Take a look at the image attached to this story. If you didn't know any better, you'd think you were…
Telescope Under the Ice in Antarctica
If you think you need to install a telescope on a mountaintop, or even above the surface of the Earth,…