A Super Mercury was Smashed up 4.5 Billion Years Ago
Evolution of the impact three hours from the time of collision. Image credit: Horner et Al. Click to enlarge According…
Star Forming Dust Clouds Imaged by Hubble
NGC 281. Image credit: Hubble. Click to enlarge The dark patch in this Hubble Space Telescope photograph is a "Bok…
Deep Space Alcohol
The cloud, where OH maser filament are red and extended methanol filaments are green. Image credit: JIVE Click to enlarge…
Galaxies Trapped in the Universe’s Web
Galaxies are not randomly distributed. Image credit: IAC Click to enlarge Although the galaxies we see in the night sky…
Deep Impact Caused a Great Gush of Water Vapour
Deep Impact. Image credit: NASA. Click to enlarge When Deep Impact collided with Tempel 1, it released an amazing amount…
Book Review: Columbia – Final Voyage
Tragedies bring on sad times. People reflect and think of what's changed or lost. No one wants unfortunate events, but…
Simulating the Early Universe
Spiral galaxy NGC 1300. Image credit: Hubble. Click to enlarge Researchers have harnessed the power one of the world's fastest…
The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
NASA's first look at a lonely neutron star. Image credit: NASA/HST Click to enlarge The most powerful explosions in the…
Don Quijote Will Reach Out and Impact an Asteroid
Impacts with very large asteroids are uncommon. Image credit: ESA Click to enlarge Asteroids don't hit the Earth often, but…
Astrophoto: Abell 34 by Jim Misti
Abell 34 by Jim Misti Most stars do not end their existence in a cataclysmic supernova explosion. For example, our…