Neutron stars are the end-state of massive stars that have spent their fuel and exploded as supernovae. There's an upper…
The Orion Nebula is one of the most observed and photographed objects in the night sky. At a distance of…
It's relatively easy for galaxies to make stars. Start out with a bunch of random blobs of gas and dust.…
Imagine yourself in a boat on a great ocean, the water stretching to the distant horizon, with the faintest hints…
We need to talk about the dark ages. No, not those dark ages after the fall of the western Roman Empire.…
A new study by a team of international astronomers has provided the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes affect…
Yippy-ki-yay! Saturn rides the back of a prancing pony across the evening sky. See it the next clear night.
According to a new study by a research team from UC Berkeley and Harvard, our Sun may have had a…
A new study of distant, early galaxies helps us understand the early days of our Universe.
A team of astronomers have discovered a globular cluster that stands out as distinct from all others -- a fossil…