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A star is a glowing, spherical astronomical object. Stars are held together by their own gravitational forces. The star closest to the Earth is the Sun.
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APR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
"The Tadpole galaxy has been disrupted by collisions and has bursts of star formation out through its tail. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
"The Butterfly Nebula shows what happens to a star at the end of its life, when it loses all of its gas and ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope finds a delicate flower in the Ring Nebula, as shown in this image. The outer ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2015Space & Astronomy
What are those ghostly images? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a set of green objects that are float ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 31, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 19, 2015Technology
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the first-ever recording of optically ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 15, 2015Plants & Animals
For some people, the price of a pet's health is never too high: A team of veterinarians in Scotland performed a set of o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sarah Brightman has been working with her former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber on a song she can perform in space.The Brit ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAR 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and a naturally occurring cosmic magnifying lens captured surprising multip ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
Normally thought of as one of the more "boring" galaxies, J1430+1339, also known as the Tea Cup galaxy, is giving astron ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 25, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most fa ...Written By: Greg Cruikshank
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"The Tadpole galaxy has been disrupted by collisions and has bursts of star formation out through its tail. ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"The Butterfly Nebula shows what happens to a star at the end of its life, when it loses all of its gas and ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope finds a delicate flower in the Ring Nebula, as shown in this image. The outer ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Looking for life
Hunting for evidence of alien life is a much trickier proposition than identifyi ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As the European Rosetta spacecraft continues to explore Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it gradually gets closer to t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2015
Space & Astronomy
What are those ghostly images? NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently photographed a set of green objects that are float
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 31, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have observed an eruption from a baby star in the Orion Constellation that appears to be a stellar growth sp
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The brilliant explosions of dead stars have been used for years to illuminate the far-flung reaches of our cosmos. The e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It turns out that astrological signs are almost all wrong, because the Earth's wobble has thrown the zodiac out of whack
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 19, 2015
Technology
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the first-ever recording of optically
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 15, 2015
Plants & Animals
For some people, the price of a pet's health is never too high: A team of veterinarians in Scotland performed a set of o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Sarah Brightman has been working with her former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber on a song she can perform in space.The Brit
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAR 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and a naturally occurring cosmic magnifying lens captured surprising multip
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Normally thought of as one of the more "boring" galaxies, J1430+1339, also known as the Tea Cup galaxy, is giving astron
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Supermassive black holes are known to contain strong X-rays, UV photons and fierce space winds, all combining to create
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have identified a mammoth black hole weighing as much as 12 billion suns.
It's not the biggest bl ...
It's not the biggest bl ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 25, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Over the past few decades, rainforests have come to be rock stars, of a sort, in the scientific community. Extensively s
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most fa
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank