Neutron Stars Collide and Ring Like a Cosmic Bell, Revealing Hidden Secrets
When neutron stars collide, they create a powerful gravitational-wave signal, with the post-merger remnant ringing like a cosmic tuning fork. Scientists have identified this phase, the "long ringdown, ...
Are Alien Civilizations Using Spider Pulsars to Move Stars Across the Galaxy?
As civilizations advance, they may need to migrate across the galaxy, and some researchers speculate they could use their own stars as massive engines. New research explores the possibility of a ...
10 beautiful images of Nebula by NASA Hubble Space Telescope
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), located 8,000 light-years away, is showcased in a stunning Hubble image released for its 26th anniversary. This infrared image unveils the nebula's inner regions, cutting ...
Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
This massive ‘bouquet’ is actually where stars have been born for 25 million years
A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...
Astronomers have brought you a space Valentine: The Tarantula of the cosmos
As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.
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Science Museum of Virginia’s ‘The Dome’ to showcase NASA’s new Andromeda Galaxy mosaic
Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos ...
7 astonishing images of Andromeda galaxy shared by NASA
This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured by the Herschel Space Observatory, reveals a detailed view of cool lanes of star formation.
NASA’s Valentine's Day Surprise Will Take Your Breath Away
This image was created by combining data from three major observatories: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space ...
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
NASA catches mega romantic image in the stars days before Valentine's Day - can you figure out what it is?
If you're looking for a way to tell someone that they are out of this world this Valentine's day, maybe look up ...