Intriguing Faint X-Ray Line Hints at Dark Matter
Astronomers using ESA and NASA high-energy observatories have discovered a tantalising clue that hints at an elusive ingredient of our Universe: dark matter. Although thought to…
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Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies
They may be little, but they pack a big star-forming punch. New observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show small galaxies, also known as dwarf galaxies,…
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Water Building Molecule Found Around Old Sun-Like Stars
Using ESA’s Herschel space observatory, astronomers have discovered that a molecule vital for creating water exists in the burning embers of dying Sun-like stars. When low-…
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Weird Ring of Dusty Material Seen by Herschel
The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest scans to date of a huge cloud of…
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When Galaxies Collide
Galaxies are not as isolated as they at first glance may seem; on a cosmic scale they congregate in clumps along with dark matter and hot…
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Colourful View of the Universe Unveiled by Hubble
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured the most comprehensive picture ever assembled of the evolving Universe – and one of the most colourful. The…
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Biggest Stars Form in Dark Cosmic Clumps
Astronomers have found cosmic clumps so dark, dense and dusty that they throw the deepest shadows ever recorded. Infrared observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope of…
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Two Neutron Stars Birth a Black Hole
What happens when two neutron stars collide? Using a sophisticated computer simulation, NASA scientists have visualized this violent scenario in awesome degenerate-matter-crushing detail. Neutron stars are…
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A Real Find – Carl Sagan’s 1977 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
I remember being glued to the TV just after Christmas in 1977 as Carl Sagan delivered that years’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. This was in the…
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Irish Astronomer Dave Grennan Bags Third Supernova
Irish amateur astronomer Dave Grennan has done it again, discovering his third supernova from his back garden in Raheny, Dublin. The the new ‘Type 1c’ supernova…
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