No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now
WOH G64 is what's known as a red giant, a star nearing the end of its life, running out of hydrogen fuel. Through this ...
It's been 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...
Scientists discover ‘Red Monster’ galaxies nearly the size of Milky Way: ‘The beginning of a new era’
A group of international scientists discovered three ultra-massive “Red Monster” galaxies capable of forming their own stars ...
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ESO captures Dark Wolf Nebula stalking across the Milky Way
Inside the bright but unassumingly named nebula Gum 55 lies a dark nebula - a rift of dust grains that absorb visible light - ...
Scientists obtain image of a star on the precipice of disaster
Scientists have taken a close-up picture of a star apparently in its death throes, surrounded by gas and dust as it heads ...
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This Eerie Nebula Looks Like a Dark Wolf Snarling in The Sky
The nebula constitutes a clump of cloud in a larger complex known as Gum 55, a large region of glowing nebulosity in the ...
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A star exploded almost 1000 years ago and left us with the gorgeous Crab Nebula. Here's how to see it
To see the Crab Nebula for yourself, you'll have to wait until around midnight local daylight time, after it has sufficiently ...
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The Andromeda Galaxy
Clearly, the Andromeda Nebula was a system of stars quite separate from the Milky Way, and in many ways comparable to it. From this simple observation, soon repeated for other starry nebulae ...
Skywatch: Go the distance with the Andromeda Galaxy
How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...
10 stunning images of Milky Way galaxy captured by NASA
This image of the Milky Way galaxy was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, in collaboration with NASA. This image of the Milky Way, created by NASA ...
Hubble captures starry Cetus constellation: New and old stars alike twinkle in the dusty spiral arms of NGC 1087, a barred spiral galaxy located 80 million light-years …
Formation of new stars in clusters of galaxies is one of the most captivating sights in the Universe. Check out these ...