Category: Deep Space

Stunning New Image of the Andromeda Galaxy

Two ESA observatories have combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light. Herschel sees rings of star formation in this, the most detailed…

Irish Amateur Astronomer Discovers First Supernova From Ireland

Taking 290 million years to reach Earth, last month that light from a supernova explosion was spotted by an Irish amateur astronomer in his backyard observatory.…

Hungry Neighborhood Galaxy

In general, galaxies can be thought of as sociable, hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how…

NASA Fermi Telescope Probes Dozens of Pulsars

With NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars. In two studies published in…

Flaring Gamma Ray Star

Astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope are seeing frequent blasts from a stellar remnant 30,000 light-years away. The high-energy fireworks arise from…

For the first time, astronomers have clearly seen the effects of “dark energy” on the most massive collapsed objects in the universe using NASA’s Chandra X-ray…

Fermi Telescope Discovers First Gamma Ray Only Pulsar

About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. Discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the object, called…

A New Kind of Pulsar

About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. Just discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the object,…

Piranha Black Holes

Deep in the heart of the Milky Way galaxy lurks an extraordinary black hole. Astronomers call it “supermassive.” It has been feeding on the core of…

Awesome Galaxy Upheaval

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence for an “awesome upheaval” in a massive cluster of galaxies. A bright arc of ferociously hot gas…