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Do black holes help stars form?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The center of just about every galaxy is thought to host a black hole, some with masses of thousands of millions of Suns and consequently strong gravitational pulls that disrupt material around ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A pocket of star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- This new view shows a stellar nursery called NGC 3324. It was taken using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The intense ultraviolet ...

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rare ultra-blue stars found in neighboring galaxy's hub

(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering deep inside the hub of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a large, rare population of hot, bright stars.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Image: Active Galaxy Centaurus A

(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.

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created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A 'Rose' made of galaxies

(PhysOrg.com) -- In celebration of the twenty-first anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment in April 2011, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute pointed Hubble's eye to an especially ...

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

An angry bird in the sky

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula, a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars in the constellation of Centaurus ...

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

'Dead' galaxies are not so dead after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan astronomers examined old galaxies and were surprised to discover that they are still making new stars. The results provide insights into how galaxies evolve with time.

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created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Hubble zooms in on a space oddity

A strange, glowing green cloud of gas that has mystified astronomers since its discovery in 2007 has been studied by Hubble. The cloud of gas is lit up by the bright light of a nearby quasar, and shows signs ...

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Hubble captures new life in an ancient galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Elliptical galaxies were once thought to be aging star cities whose star-making heyday was billions of years ago.

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created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

The many infrared 'personalities' of the Sculptor galaxy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Sculptor galaxy is shown in different infrared hues, in this new mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The main picture is a composite of infrared light captured ...

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created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Brilliant Star in a Colourful Neighbourhood

A spectacular new image from ESO's Wide Field Imager at the La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the brilliant and unusual star WR 22 and its colorful surroundings. WR 22 is a very hot and bright star that ...

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created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Galaxy History Revealed in This Colorful Hubble View (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 12 billion years of cosmic history are shown in this unprecedented, panoramic, full-color view of thousands of galaxies in various stages of assembly.

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created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Hubble's Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2004, Hubble created the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the deepest visible-light image of the Universe, and now, with its brand-new camera, Hubble is seeing even farther. This image was ...

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (50) | comments 33

Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel

(PhysOrg.com) -- The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of ...

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 1

NASA's WISE Mission Arrives at Launch Site

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1