The Milky Way grows back two spiral arms
There has been a debate over the number of spiral arms the Milky Way galaxies has, due to mixed results ...
Tag: Spitzer space telescope
NASA’s great observatories combine to probe deeper in the Universe
These are NASA Hubble Space Telescope natural-color images of four target galaxy clusters that are part ...
Farthest known object in the Universe is 13.3 billion years old
The inset at left shows a close-up of the young dwarf galaxy. This image is a ...
Quasars “snack” regularly, instead of “feasting in one gulp”
[caption id="attachment_13290" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Artist's rendering of ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a ...
Ethereal glow might harbor the Universe’s first objects
First discovered in 2005, and then studied in more depth since 2007, NASA scientists have finally isolated the ethereal glow ...
The Sombrero Galaxy is actually made up of two galaxies in one, infrared survey finds
[caption id="attachment_12683" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="Combined visible and infrared images of the Sombrero Galaxy. Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (University of Arizona), and ...
Stars spew out organic matter into space – life may have its origin in star dust
[caption id="attachment_9567" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A spectrum from the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observator superim, on top of the Orion ...
Stunning image of “O-ring” shapped nebula
[caption id="attachment_7512" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="RCW 120 is just one of many such ringed nebulas found in the Milky Way. (c) ...
140 Earth-like planets discovered in the Milky Way by Kepler
An artists rendering of what our galaxy might look as viewed from outside our Galaxy. Our ...
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Should Pluto be promoted to a planet again?
Is Pluto deserving of planetary status? Many high profile voices in astronomy believe so. In fact, there may be over...
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