First SOFIA Missions Completed Saturday, January 15th, 2011 The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, successfully completed three planned scientific missions in...
Is it a massive opal? A huge holiday ornament? A multicolored stargate? No, it's the leftover cloud of hot gas and dust created by a star that ended...
NASA Witnesses a Galactic Spectacle Thursday, October 7th, 2010 NASA has recently released a marvelous image of two tangled galaxies, captured using three different telescopes: the Chandra...
The Rosette Nebula Friday, September 10th, 2010 Located about 5,000 light years from Earth, this composite image shows the Rosette star formation region. Data from the...
'Catastrophic Event' Behind Halt of Star Birth Saturday, July 17th, 2010 Astronomers from Durham University have recently found evidence for a "catastrophic cosmic event" that is believed to be...
The World's Largest Observatory Monday, May 31st, 2010 High in the Chilean Andes, the first antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array, or ALMA for short, move...
