Stars : Discovery News

Blue Stellar Oddballs Spied Inside Andromeda: Big Pic

Posted Thu Jan 12, 2012 07:29 PM ET | 0

Age-defying blue stars around Andromeda's core shine hotly for Hubble researchers. 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

Watching Alien Sunsets on Exoplanets

Posted by Ian O'Neill Mon Jan 9, 2012 05:55 PM ET | 0

You may be familiar with science fiction renderings of alien sunsets, but what would a real exoplanetary sunset look like? Read more

Detecting Light Echoes from Ancient Star Eruption

Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 01:37 PM ET | 0

Eta Carinae underwent an enormous eruption in the 1800's -- we are now seeing light from the event bounce off the star's nebula. 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

First Earth-Sized Planets Orbit Distant Star

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Dec 20, 2011 01:00 PM ET | 0

The worlds are a part of a "jam-packed" star system called Kepler-20 where rocky and gaseous planets co-mingle. Read more

Could Galactic Cataclysms Be Recorded on the Moon?

Posted by Ray Villard Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:55 AM ET | 0

The sun and planets have been on an interstellar journey for billions of years and the moon may have recorded galactic events along the way. Read more

Could Galactic Cataclysms Be Recorded on the Moon?

First Stars May Not Have Been Monsters

Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Mon Nov 14, 2011 02:23 AM ET | 0

Shortly after the "Dark Ages" of the Cosmos the first stars popped into existence -- but they weren't the galactic Goliaths we thought they were. Read more

Solar Active Region 'Larger Than Jupiter'

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Nov 8, 2011 03:47 AM ET | 0

You may be preoccupied with Tuesday's asteroid 2005 YU55 flyby, but there's another astronomical event currently unfolding in the solar system. Read more

Solar Active Region 'Larger Than Jupiter'

Visualizing the Baby Proto-Exoplanet: Big Pic

Posted Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:37 PM ET | 0

Astronomers have detected the fuzzy infrared glow of dust and gas surrounding a baby exoplanet -- here's a stunning artist's impression of what the world might look like. Read more

Comet Armageddon Detected in Nearby Star System

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Oct 19, 2011 04:05 PM ET | 0

Through its infrared eye, Spitzer has detected the dusty remains of comet impacts around the star Eta Corvi -- reminding us what it must have been like during the early evolution of our own solar system. Read more

Comet Armageddon Detected in Nearby Star System

Catching up with Blue Stragglers

Posted by Nicole Gugliucci Wed Oct 19, 2011 01:56 PM ET | 0

What is a blue straggler star anyway, and how is it being "left behind?" Read more

Youngest Baby Exoplanet Discovered

Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Oct 19, 2011 05:10 AM ET | 0

"Congratulations LkCa 15! You've given birth to a proto-exoplanet!" 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

Violent Storms Rage on Nearby Brown Dwarf

Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Sep 13, 2011 03:47 AM ET | 0

Brown dwarf "2MASS J21392676+0220226" doesn't only have an epic name, it has an epic storm, the effects of which can be seen from Earth. Read more