The Red Spider Nebula Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 - Anuradha Menon The Red Spider Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius. The central white dwarf, the remaining...
Light Continues 3 Years After Outburst Thursday, June 17th, 2010 - Anuradha Menon V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) is a red variable star in the constellation Monoceros about 20,000 light years (6 kpc) from the...
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 6217 Thursday, October 1st, 2009 - Anuradha Menon This image of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6217 is the first image of a celestial object taken with the newly repaired Advanced...
Galaxy Zoo Friday, September 11th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili The Galaxy Zoo files contain almost a quarter of a million galaxies which have been imaged with a camera attached to the...
When the Sun Ceases to Exist Saturday, June 27th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts...