• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 22nd, 2015
Stunning View of Distant Galaxies Is Also an Optical Illusion

Stunning View of Distant Galaxies Is Also an Optical Illusion

The view was delivered by the Hubble Space Telescope

Gorgeous View of Bright Young Stars in the Prawn Nebula

Gorgeous View of Bright Young Stars in the Prawn Nebula

This nebula sits about 6,000 light-years from Earth

Space Calendar Celebrates Spitzer's 12th Anniversary

Space Calendar Celebrates Spitzer's 12th Anniversary

This calendar is a dying stars and galaxies bonanza

Mammoth Stars Will Soon Collide, Birth a Massive Explosion

Mammoth Stars Will Soon Collide, Birth a Massive Explosion

The stars, located at the heart of a planetary nebula dubbed Henize 2-428, will crash some 700 million years from now

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 9th, 2015
Galaxy Drowning in Dark Matter Might Be Lurking Close to Our Milky Way

Galaxy Drowning in Dark Matter Might Be Lurking Close to Our Milky Way

Astronomers believe a newly discovered cluster of stars is proof that a dark matter-dominated galaxy is hiding nearby

Watch: What Earth Would Be like If It Had Another Sun

Watch: What Earth Would Be like If It Had Another Sun

Stunning video brings stars other than the Sun close to our planet, shows how they would transform the sky

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 8th, 2015
Massive Binary System Eta Carinae Studied in Unprecedented Detail

Massive Binary System Eta Carinae Studied in Unprecedented Detail

Satellites and telescopes allowed NASA astronomers to put together the most comprehensive picture of Eta Carinae to date

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 23rd, 2014
Ingredient in Toothpaste Was Forged by Dying Stars Eons Ago, Researchers Say

Ingredient in Toothpaste Was Forged by Dying Stars Eons Ago, Researchers Say

Study finds evidence the fluorine in the toothpaste we use to keep our chompers clean originates from red giant stars

  • How to
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 12th, 2014
Freaky Friday Mystery: What the Light Coming from Stars Really Is

Freaky Friday Mystery: What the Light Coming from Stars Really Is

The Sun's light keeps us warm and well, alive, but few know what it really is and how it reaches our planet

Distant Stars Will One Day Merge to Create a New, Colossal One

Distant Stars Will One Day Merge to Create a New, Colossal One

The stars, which form the MY Camelopardalis binary system, now sit mind-bogglingly close to one another

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 27th, 2014
The Wishing Well Cluster Looks Insanely Radiant and Colorful in This ESO Image

The Wishing Well Cluster Looks Insanely Radiant and Colorful in This ESO Image

The image was obtained with the help of the Wide Field Imager instrument at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 7th, 2014
Half of the Universe's Stars Are Vagabonds Aimlessly Floating Between Galaxies

Half of the Universe's Stars Are Vagabonds Aimlessly Floating Between Galaxies

New study finds evidence half of the stars that comprise the universe don't have a galaxy to call their home

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 4th, 2014
How a Black Hole Turned Stars into Its Marionettes, Got Them to Merge

How a Black Hole Turned Stars into Its Marionettes, Got Them to Merge

Having come together, the cosmic marionettes formed a humongous star that is now cloaked in gas and dust

Watch: Why We Are Made of Stars, as Explained by Science

Watch: Why We Are Made of Stars, as Explained by Science

The atoms that comprise us and all other things in the world were forged in the hearts of stars eons ago

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • October 31st, 2014
A Cosmic Massacre: Eons Ago, Galaxies Were Ripped Apart, Spilled Their Guts

A Cosmic Massacre: Eons Ago, Galaxies Were Ripped Apart, Spilled Their Guts

The murdered galaxies used to be part of a cluster located at a distance of about 4 billion light-years from our planet

Google Officially Releases Leaked Chrome Bookmarking Tool

Google Officially Releases Leaked Chrome Bookmarking Tool

Months after it was leaked, the feature is finally here

New Planets Orbit Twin Stars, Scientists Say This Makes Them Cousins

New Planets Orbit Twin Stars, Scientists Say This Makes Them Cousins

The twin stars orbited by these newly-discovered Jupiter-sized planets form a binary system, astronomers explain

 
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