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James Webb Space Telescope Nearing Completion
[/caption] The James Webb Space Telescope or JWST has long been touted as the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope.…
WISE Discovers Some Really “Cool” Stars!
[/caption]What would you say if I told you there are stars with a temperature close to that of a human…
Graphenes In Spaaaaaace!
[/caption] And just where have your buckyballs been lately? More technically known as fullerenes, this magnetic form of carbon shows…
96 New Reasons To Love Star Clusters
[/caption] "Ninety-six clusters of stars in the sky.... Ninety-six clusters of stars... You take one down and pass it around..."…
Caught In The Web… Space Spider!
[/caption] Look, he's crawling up my wall... Black and hairy, very small... Now he's up above my head... Hanging by…
Cosmic Crime Alert… LMC Is Swiping Stars!
[/caption] Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) have made a…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Backgrounds
[/caption] You’ve probably heard of the cosmic microwave background, but it doesn’t stop there. The as-yet-undetectable cosmic neutrino background is…
Betelgeuse: A Claim To Flame
[/caption] If it were at home in the center of our solar system, this red supergiant's girth would extend out…
Dust in the Wind
[/caption] The stellar wind, that is! This beautiful image, taken by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WISE) shows a vast ring…
Crystal Rain Cradles Infant Star
[/caption] Thanks to the infrared eye of the Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have captured evidence of "crystal rain" collapsing around…