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Newborn Stars, Choked By Glowing Dust: Big Pic

Posted Wed May 2, 2012 01:25 PM ET | 0

The cocoons of newborn stars have been revealed by a telescope that can detect the faint glow of Messier 78's nebulous dust. Read more

Newborn Stars, Choked By Glowing Dust: Big Pic

Hubble Spies Brilliant Beacons From a Dying Star: Big Pic

Posted Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:05 PM ET | 0

Beams of light from a dying star burst into space in this dramatic Hubble image. Read more

Hubble Spies Brilliant Beacons From a Dying Star: Big Pic

Baby Stars Spied Throbbing Inside Orion: Big Pic

Posted Thu Mar 1, 2012 07:27 AM ET | 0

A rainbow of color from the development of new stars is captured in infrared light by the Spitzer and Herschel space telescopes. Read more

Spaceballs! What Buckyballs REALLY Look Like: Photos

Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012 03:20 PM ET | 0

Buckyballs have been found in everything from candle soot to nebulae -- but what do these geodesic structures look like? Read more

Star Birth (and Murder) Spied in Cygnus X: Big Pic

Posted Tue Jan 10, 2012 03:30 PM ET | 0

Peering deep into a huge star-forming region, a dramatic life-or- death scenario is playing out. Read more

WISE Says 'Merry Christmas' With a Nebulous Wreath: Big Pic

Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 02:52 PM ET | 0

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is getting into a festive mood this Christmas after imaging a beautiful nebula. Read more

X-ray Image of an Expanding Space Spider

Posted by Jason Major Tue Nov 15, 2011 04:13 AM ET | 0

The Tarantula Nebula is growing, but astronomers can't agree why. Read more

X-ray Image of an Expanding Space Spider

Fastest Stellar Spinner Will Die a Violent Death

Posted by Ian O'Neill Fri Nov 11, 2011 06:08 PM ET | 0

A star has been discovered with a record-breaking spin, but it will suffer one of the most violent explosions in the known universe. Read more

Fastest Stellar Spinner Will Die a Violent Death

A Closer View of the 'Pacman' Nebula's Chompers

Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Nov 2, 2011 02:31 AM ET | 0

Using the infrared eye of NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), you will quickly see the Pacman Nebula has a formidable set of 'teeth.' Read more

A Closer View of the 'Pacman' Nebula's Chompers

Strangers in the Night: Comet and Nebula: Big Pic

Posted Thu Oct 13, 2011 03:09 PM ET | 0

In Oct. 2010, Comet Hartley 2 put on a spectacular show for astronomers. British astronomer Nick Howes captured the event right alongside another celestial beauty. Read more

Astronomical Treasures of the Northern Sky: Photos

Posted Mon Oct 10, 2011 04:08 PM ET | 0

If you're stargazing in the Northern Hemisphere, admire some of these astronomical treasures. Read more

High-Octane Social Astronomy

Posted by Mark Thompson Thu Sep 1, 2011 12:58 AM ET | 0

Using a multi-million dollar telescope system for one hour, BBC astronomer Mark Thompson captured images of astronomical objects as chosen by YOU. Read more

Graphene and Buckyballs Might Be Lurking in Space

Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Aug 24, 2011 06:16 PM ET | 0

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers think they might have spotted the first examples of extragalactic carbon-based molecules. Read more

Graphene and Buckyballs Might Be Lurking in Space

Sifting Through the Ashes For Shredded Planets

Posted by Ray Villard Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:41 PM ET | 0

Who'd ever think of looking for evidence of Earth-like planets around dead sun-like stars? Read more

Sifting Through the Ashes For Shredded Planets

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a Bit of a Bully

Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Mon Jul 25, 2011 07:39 AM ET | 0

It looks like the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been poaching stars from its smaller sibling, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Bad LMC! Read more