WISE
Exploring Our Galaxy’s Ancient Brown Dwarfs
As the name implies, a brown dwarf is small... only about 7% the size of the Sun. As far as…
Weekly Space Hangout – Aug. 23, 2013: Mars One, Zombie WISE, Luca Parmitano, Wave at Saturn
It's time for the Weekly Space Hangout. This is our weekly rundown on all the big space news stories of…
How A New Family Tree of Space Rocks Could Better Protect Earth
In perhaps the neatest astronomical application of geneology yet, astronomers found 28 "hidden" families of asteroids that could eventually show…
Closely-Orbiting Stellar Companions Surrounded by “Mystery Dust”
Artist's concept showing a dust disk around a binary system containing a white dwarf and a less-massive M (red) dwarf…
How Many Asteroids Are Out There?
Answer: a LOT. And there's new ones being discovered all the time, as this fascinating animation by Scott Manley shows.…
WISE Spies a Hunter’s Flame
A vast star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Orion shines brightly in this image from NASA's WISE…
The Heavens are Ablaze With Blazars
[/caption] From a JPL press release: Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called…
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.…
Space Telescopes Provide New Look at 2,000 Year Old Supernova
[/caption] What caused a huge explosion nearly 2,000 years ago, seen by early Chinese astronomers? Scientists have long known that…
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…