- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 30th, 2015
Here's What It Looks like When New Stars Are Born
It's messy, chaotic and yet pretty spectacular
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 22nd, 2015
Stunning View of Distant Galaxies Is Also an Optical Illusion
The view was delivered by the Hubble Space Telescope
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 14th, 2015
Astronomers Study Emerging Star, Planetary System
The baby star lies about 325 light-years away
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 12th, 2015
Mammoth Galaxy Cluster Discovered 9.8 Billion Light-Years Away
The cluster holds the mass equivalent to 400 trillion Suns
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- August 11th, 2015
Astronomers See the Universe Dying All Around Us
Study of over 200,000 galaxies reveals the cosmos is fading
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 30th, 2015
Hubble Delivers Breathtaking View of the Lagoon Nebula
The nebula sits some 4,000 light-years away
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 13th, 2015
Here's What Happens When Two Galaxies Collide
Our home galaxy will too one day smash into nearby Andromeda
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 29th, 2015
The Originals: Astronomers Spy on 13-Billion-Year-Old Stars
The fiery orbs came into being soon after the Big Bang
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 28th, 2015
ESO Releases Gorgeous View of Insanely Hot Nebula
The star forming cloud goes by the name of RCW 34
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 26th, 2015
Distant Galaxy Looks like the Love Child of a Butterfly and a Lobster
NGC 6240 formed when two galaxies merged with one another
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 8th, 2015
Astronomers See Cosmic “Dinosaur Egg” Getting Ready to Hatch
New study in the Astrophysical Journal announces the discovery of massive and extremely dense cloud of molecular gas
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 25th, 2015
Cosmic CPR: Red and Dead Galaxies Are Sometimes Brought Back to Life
Investigation finds that, following a collision between two or more clusters, dead galaxies are revived
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- April 11th, 2015
Our Sun Arrived Late to the Milky Way, Astronomers Say
Interestingly, this might explain why it ended up being orbited by 8 planets and why life emerged on Earth
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- March 27th, 2015
Ginormous Black Hole Seen Pushing Loads of Gas Out of Its Home Galaxy
Study sheds new light on how giant black holes alter the anatomy of the galaxies that serve as their hosts
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 20th, 2015
Black Holes Occasionally Burp, Model Galaxies Every Time They Do So
Astronomers use telescopes to study the shape of strong winds originating from supermassive black holes
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 16th, 2015
Astronomers Peer into Ginormous Cosmic Clouds, See Stars Forming
The astronomers behind this project managed to map the distribution and motion of the molecules inside these clouds
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 11th, 2015
Astronomers Produce New Map of Our Galaxy, the Milky Way
This new and positively gorgeous map shows the distribution of gas, charged particles, and dust across our cosmic home