Why Stellar Nursery L1157 Has So Much Water

Why Stellar Nursery L1157 Has So Much Water

The region also reveals important amounts of ammonia

Pacman Nebula Reveals Sharp Teeth

Pacman Nebula Reveals Sharp Teeth

The sharp fangs are only visible in infrared wavelengths

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 19th, 2011
Exoplanets Can Form Spiral in Stellar Protoplanetary Disks

Exoplanets Can Form Spiral in Stellar Protoplanetary Disks

The presence of forming planets can be detected in this manner

New Light Shone on Molecular Cloud Cepheus B

New Light Shone on Molecular Cloud Cepheus B

Two NASA telescopes contributed to this new image

Cocoon Nebula Bores Through Dust Cloud

Cocoon Nebula Bores Through Dust Cloud

The object appears to be plowing its way through space

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 10th, 2011
Giant Black Hole Ring Exposed

Giant Black Hole Ring Exposed

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2010
Baby Stars Found Forming in Very Old Galaxy

Baby Stars Found Forming in Very Old Galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 23rd, 2010
Mysterious Disk Found Around Old Star

Mysterious Disk Found Around Old Star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 2nd, 2010
Stellar Motion Caught in Time-Lapse Photos

Stellar Motion Caught in Time-Lapse Photos

Taken some ten years apart from each other

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 16th, 2010
Ultraluminous Galaxies Contain Massive Gas Reserves

Ultraluminous Galaxies Contain Massive Gas Reserves

These clouds power up stellar nurseries

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 1st, 2009
The Story of the First Black Hole

The Story of the First Black Hole

Cygnus X-1 was discovered 45 years ago

 
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