Rogue Planets Captured by Stars
According to a new study set to be published this week, rogue planets might not be alone forever. The study details how rogue planets are…
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Hubble Captures New Image of Messier 9
The power of the Hubble Space Telescope never ceases to amaze. Pictured above is the most detailed image ever taken of the globular cluster Messier…
New WISE Atlas of Entire Infrared Sky Contains Over 18,000 Images
After more than 2.7 million images taken at four infrared wavelengths of light and more than 15 trillion bytes of returned data from the WISE…
Stars of the Antlia Dwarf Galaxy
Images in visible and infrared light taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys show the Antlia Dwarf galaxy that was…
New Images of Orion Nebula Show Young Stars Hidden in Gas and Dust Clouds
European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have provided researchers with new images of the Orion nebula that revealed a host…
Researchers Detect Tellurium in Ancient Stars
Using data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope’s spectrograph, a team of researchers from MIT and various institutions have detected tellurium for the first time…
Researchers Discover First Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have found an intermediate-mass black hole surrounded by a cluster of young, blue stars. This is the first finding…
Large Globular Star Clusters Survive Collisions, Smaller Clusters Do Not
Using computer simulations, a team of astronomers found that when galaxies collide and form starbursts, the total number of star clusters decreases. Their research shows…
Hubble Peers at 10 Billion Year Old Globular Cluster NGC 6752
These images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope showcase a globular cluster, NGC 6752, a spherical grouping of gravitationally bound celestial bodies that’s over 10…
Astronomers Combine Hundreds of Images of Carina Nebula to Reveal Thousands of Stars in Stellar Nursery
Astronomers have combined hundreds of images, including ones in the infrared spectrum, to provide the most detailed view of the Carina Nebula, a stellar nursery…
Hubble Observes Rare Blue Stars in Andromeda’s Core
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope made a rare discovery when looking deep into the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Spotted was a population of rare blue stars in…
