Stellar Nursery Revealed in Amazing Colors

Stellar Nursery Revealed in Amazing Colors

New photograph shows its intricate inner structure

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 10th, 2012
Active Black Holes Reduce Star Formation in Galaxies

Active Black Holes Reduce Star Formation in Galaxies

Less-active objects may cause an opposite effect, scientists say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 12th, 2012
Countless Comets Destroyed Around Fomalhaut Each Day

Countless Comets Destroyed Around Fomalhaut Each Day

European instrument observes what can be described as a stellar “massacre”

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 5th, 2012
Centaurus A Is Made Up of Two Older Galaxies

Centaurus A Is Made Up of Two Older Galaxies

New observations of its core reveal signs that confirm this belief

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 29th, 2012
Stars Seen Maturing Nearly in Real Time

Stars Seen Maturing Nearly in Real Time

The objects are experiencing massive temperature fluctuations

The Eagle Nebula like You've Never Seen It Before

The Eagle Nebula like You've Never Seen It Before

Herschel snaps wide-angle image of the beautiful space structure

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 11th, 2012
Herschel Maps Dust in the Two Magellanic Clouds

Herschel Maps Dust in the Two Magellanic Clouds

These structures are dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 21st, 2011
TW Hydrae Reveals Water in Protoplanetary Disk

TW Hydrae Reveals Water in Protoplanetary Disk

This nearby star formed only a few million years ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 6th, 2011
Water in Distant Comet Similar to That in Earth's Oceans

Water in Distant Comet Similar to That in Earth's Oceans

The finding could imply that our oceans are extraterrestrial in origin

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 22nd, 2011
Enceladus Puts Water in Saturn's Atmosphere

Enceladus Puts Water in Saturn's Atmosphere

Moon's contribution to parent planet drastically understated

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 13th, 2011
Galaxies Don't Need Collisions to Form New Stars

Galaxies Don't Need Collisions to Form New Stars

Study sheds new light on how galaxies evolved in the early Universe

 
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