Astronomy
Spitzer Peers Into the Small Magellanic Cloud
This week at the AAC Conference, astronomers released a new image of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC, a dwarf galaxy…
Planet Formation Observed Around Massive Stars
As the old saying goes – big stars live fast and die young. And, according to new research presented at…
Faster-Than-Light Pulsar Phenomena
Observational data from nine pulsars, including the Crab pulsar, suggest these rapidly spinning neutron stars emit the electromagnetic equivalent of…
Messier 101
Object Name: Messier 101 Alternative Designations: M101, NGC 5457, Pinwheel Galaxy Object Type: Type Sc Spiral Galaxy Constellation: Ursa Major…
Early Release Science from Hubble WFC3 at AAS Conference
The image above is a newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The image shows a mosaic of a…
Surf’s Up! Astronomers Ride Stellar Waves
[/caption] This week, first results from the Kepler mission are coming out in waves from the meeting of the American…
Messier 100
Object Name: Messier 100 Alternative Designations: M100, NGC 4321 Object Type: Type Sc Spiral Galaxy Constellation: Coma Berenices Right Ascension:…
Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse Mystery Solved with Your Help
If you've been helping out with the Citizen Sky project to monitor Epsilon Aurigae, then congratulations - the first of…
Arp’s Phantom Jet
[/caption] During the “Great Debate” of 1920 astronomers Herber Curtis and Harlow Shapley had a famous debate on the nature…
Probing the Explosive History of Eta Car
Caption: Eta Carinae as imaged by the Gemini South telescope in Chile with the Near Infrared Coronagraphic Imager (NICI) using…