Mar 01 2011
Orphan Planets Could Support Life
Even without a sun, a rogue planet could stay warm enough to have liquid water and the stuff of life.
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Feb 23 2011
How Low Can a Dark Matter Halo Go?
Astronomers using ESA's Herschel Space Observatory have developed a clever way of tracking halos of dark matter by looking at starburst galaxies in the furthest most reaches of the Universe.
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Feb 20 2011
A Universe Stranger Than We Can’t Imagine
Ever looked up at the night sky and wondered: What is up there?
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Feb 18 2011
You Spin Me Round Like a Rotating Black Hole
Could spinning black holes be detected by the light they're twisting? If Einstein was right, then yes.
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Feb 17 2011
Dark Energy Hunt Gets a New Tracker
Dark energy is not directly detectable, but scientists can track its footsteps through history.
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Feb 17 2011
Where Are All the Baby Stars?
The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide-Field Camera 3 reveals NGC 2841 to be quite lovely, but also quite... quiet.
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Feb 17 2011
Andromeda ‘Puffed Up’ with Old Stars
It turns out that galactic disks may not be as neat and tidy as we once thought.
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Feb 16 2011
Galaxy Smash Leaves Black Hole Ring
A galaxy collision is an impressive creation event, that is, the creation of stars and, in this case, a ring of black holes.
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Feb 07 2011
Worldwide Telescope Tours John Huchra’s Universe
Hey, amateur astronomers: good news! A vast array of astronomical data is now just a mouse click away.
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Feb 02 2011
That Galaxy is as Flat as a Pancake!
In this wonderful example of citizen science, an amateur astronomer found a strange, rare galaxy. It's a spiral galaxy, lacking a bulge. It's as flat as a pancake.
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