Tag: Star Clusters

Hubble Source Catalog: A New Master Catalog for AstronomersHubble Source Catalog: A New Master Catalog for Astronomers

<p><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/07/image/a/format/web_print/" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute and the Johns Hopkins University, both in Baltimore, Maryland, have created a new master catalog of astronomical objects called the Hubble

Stellar Debris Disk

A Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient GalaxiesA Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies

<p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/26/image/a/format/web_print/" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Astronomers routinely use the crisp view of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study all kinds of intricate details in galaxy clusters. By now you would think they’ve

Citizen Science – Search for New Planetary Nurseries Using “Disk Detective”Citizen Science – Search for New Planetary Nurseries Using “Disk Detective”

<p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>NASA is inviting the public to help astronomers discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from the agency’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission through a new website, DiskDetective.org.</p> <p>Disk