Infrared Astronomy
We’re Made of Starstuff. Especially From Extremely Massive Stars
A new study shows how massive young stars create the kind of organic molecules that are necessary for life. A…
This is the Final Picture NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA has just released a mosaic of the California Nebula, which was created from the final images snapped by the…
How Did the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Get Their Water?
A new study by an international team of astronomers raises questions about the existence of debris belts around red dwarf…
Astronomers See the Wreckage from a Collision Between Exoplanets
The history of our Solar System is punctuated with collisions. Collisions helped create the terrestrial planets and end the reign…
What Will the James Webb Space Telescope See? A Whole Bunch of Dust, That’s What
When it comes to the first galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to understand the formation of those…
We May Soon Be Able To See the First, Supergiant Stars in the Universe
We need to talk about the dark ages. No, not those dark ages after the fall of the western Roman Empire.…
This Star Killed its Companion and is now Escaping the Milky Way
Our universe is capable of some truly frightening scenarios, and in this case we have an apparent tragedy: two stars,…
Stars Are The Universe’s Neat Freaks
A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over…
NASA Discovers 72 New Asteroids Near Earth
Since 2013, the NEOWISE mission has surveyed more than 19,000 asteroids and comets and discovered 72 new Near Earth Objects…
Do Comets Explain Mystery Star’s Bizarre Behavior?
The story of KIC 8462852 appears far from over. You'll recall NASA's Kepler mission had monitored the star for four years,…