Astronomy
Astronomers Peer Inside a Quasar
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe, and astronomers believe they're caused by the outpouring of radiation…
Planets Can’t Form in Rough Neighbourhoods
It takes a nice safe environment for planets to form, according to new data gathered by the Spitzer Space Telescope.…
Nearby Universe Mapped in 3 Dimensions
A new map developed by an international team of astronomers should help you find your way around the Universe -…
Expedition 13, Ansari Return to Earth
A Soyuz capsule carrying the crew of Expedition 13 and space tourist Anousheh Ansari landed safely in the steppes of…
How the Really Big Stars Form
Astronomers think they've got a handle on how Sun-sized stars come together. But the formation of the largest stars -…
New Kind of Supernova Discovered
Astronomers used to believe that all Type 1a supernovae were essentially the same brightness. That's because they explode with the…
The Location of the Oldest Recorded Supernova Discovered
Ancient Chinese astronomers recorded the occurence of a bright star in the sky in 185 AD; probably a supernova explosion.…
Brown Dwarf Discovered in Planetary System
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has directly imaged a small brown dwarf star orbiting a larger star - the first time…
Pulsars Confirm Einstein’s Theories
Einstein was right. Well, according to new observations of a double pulsar, he was at least 99.95% right. An international…
Subaru Finds the Most Distant Galaxy
The powerful Subaru telescope in Hawai'i has found the most distant galaxy ever seen, located 12.88 billion light-years away -…