Stellar Evolution
Echoes From η Carinae’s Great Eruption
[/caption] During the mid 1800's, the well known star η Carinae underwent an enormous eruption becoming for a time, the…
Two More Earth-Sized Planets Discovered by Kepler, Orbiting Former Red Giant Star
[/caption] Amid all of the news last week regarding the discovery by Kepler of two Earth-sized planets orbiting another star,…
A Psychedelic Guide to Tycho’s Supernova Remnant
[/caption] By no means are we suggesting that NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope can induce altered states of awareness, but…
In The Dragonfish’s Mouth – The Next Generation Of “SuperStars”
[/caption] At the University of Toronto, a trio of astronomers have been fishing - fishing for a copious catch of…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – How Big Is Big?
[/caption] You may have seen one of these astronomical scale picture sequences, where you go from the Earth to Jupiter…
Massive Stars Start Life Big… Really BIG!
[/caption] It might be hard to believe, but massive stars are larger in their infant stage than they are when…
Staking Out A Vampire Star
[/caption] How do you peer into the dark heart of a vampire star? Try combining four telescopes! At ESO’s Paranal…
Incredible Spinning Star Rotates At A Million Miles Per Hour!
[/caption] Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a star named VFTS 102 is spinning its heart out... Literally. Rotating at…
NSV 11749 – Born Again and Grown Old
[/caption] In 1996, a Japanese amateur astronomer discovered a new star in the constellation Sagittarius. Dubbed V4334 Sgr, astronomers initially…
Cygnus X – A Cosmic-ray Cocoon
[/caption] Situated about 4,500 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus is a veritable star factory called Cygnus X... one…