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05.16.13

Galactic Wheels within Wheels

This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the double-ringed galaxy Messier 94. Just outside the b... view image

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05.06.13

An Astronomer's Fantasy: Planets in the Lab

If astronomers could somehow pull planets out of the sky and analyze them in the laboratory, it might look something ... view image

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04.03.13

Taken Under the "Wing" of the Small Magellanic Cloud

Young stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), one of the closest galaxies to our Milky Way. view image

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03.19.13

Infant Stars Peek Out from Dusty Cradles

Dense envelopes of gas and dust surround the fledging stars known as protostars, making their detection difficult unt... view image

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02.08.13

Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar

Flashes of light pulsing through the nebula surrounding the protostellar object LRLL 54361 are captured in this time-... view image

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02.07.13

Artist's Impression of Pulsating Object LRLL 54361

This is an artist's impression of two young binary stars that may be the source of mysterious clock-like bursts of li... view image

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02.07.13

Protostar LRLL 54361

NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have teamed up to uncover a mysterious infant star that behaves like a pol... view image

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01.08.13

Probing Brown Dwarf Layers

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01.08.13

Forecast for Exotic Weather

This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. view image

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01.08.13

Vega: Two Belts and the Possibility of Planets

Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here... view image

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01.08.13

Anatomy of Brown Dwarf's Atmosphere

This artist's illustration shows the atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431026, which was observed sim... view image

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01.08.13

Rocky Ring of Debris Around Vega

This artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. view image

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12.18.12

Massive Star Makes Waves

The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a "shocking" effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from... view image

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12.14.12

Revealing Hidden Black Holes

This composite image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth. view image

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11.15.12

Astronomers Spot Most Distant Known Galaxy

In this image, astronomers use NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and a cosmic zoom lens to uncover the farthest known gal... view image

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11.08.12

Probing a Nearby Stellar Cradle

The Cygnus OB2 star cluster is about 5,000 light years from Earth and contains many massive young stars. view image

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11.01.12

Scenarios for the Evolution of Asteroid Belts

This illustration shows three possible scenarios for the evolution of asteroid belts. view image

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10.24.12

Unmasking a Hidden Glow

Researchers were able to detect this background glow, which spreads across the whole sky, by masking out light from g... view image

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10.24.12

Unmasking a Hidden Glow

This image shows a mysterious, background infrared glow captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. view image

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10.24.12

Spitzer Sees Stray Starlight

When galaxies grow, they merge and become gravitationally tangled in a violent process that results in streams of sta... view image

   

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