Saturday Space Sight: NASA’s Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars
A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky. It comes from isolated stars beyond the edges of...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star
Roguish runaway stars can have a big impact on their surroundings as they plunge through the Milky Way galaxy. Their high-speed encounters shock the galaxy, creating arcs, as seen in this newly...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display
A galaxy about 23 million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather than paper, powder and fire, this galactic light show involves a giant black hole, shock waves and vast...
View ArticleNRL Astrophysicist Explores Star Formation in Orion’s Belt
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) astrophysicist Dr. T.L. Wilson is part of a multi-national research team that has discovered an outburst in the infrared from a deeply embedded protostar. The...
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