Infrared Astronomy
Tarantula Nebula Is Growing!
Don't like spiders? Well, here's one that will grow on you! Located about 160,000 light years in the web of…
Keck Observatory Locates Two Clouds Of Pristine Gas From The Beginning of Time
[/caption] Is there any place in space which hasn't been affected by time? The answer is yes. Thanks to some…
PacMan Nebula Takes A “Bite” Out Of Space
[/caption] If you have a large telescope and an appetite for nebulae, then you've probably seen the Pac Man Nebula.…
Failed Star Is One Cool Companion
[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…
Two New Globular Star Clusters Discovered By VISTA
[/caption] Where there once was 158, there is now more... Globular clusters, that is. Thanks to ESO’s VISTA survey telescope…
Water, Water Everywhere… And A Few Drops For Saturn, Too!
[/caption] In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gave us an incredible view of Enceladus chuffing out fountains of water vapor and…
Big Ol’ Black Hole Jets
[/caption] Some 20,000 light years away, a black hole named GX 339-4 has produced one of the most exciting visible…
Did Asteroid Baptistina Kill The Dinosaurs? Think Other WISE…
[/caption] Once upon a time, about 65 million years ago, scientists hypothesize a sizable asteroid crashed into Earth and contributed…
“Pluto-Killer” Sets Sights on Neptune
[/caption] The confessed (and remorseless) "Pluto Killer" Mike Brown has turned his gaze – and the 10-meter telescope at the…
Gas, Not Galaxy Collisions Responsible for Star Formation in Early Universe
[/caption] Was the universe a kinder, gentler place in the past that we have thought? The Herschel space observatory has…