Aug 22
In the Tarantula Nebula lies a bright cluster of brilliant, massive stars, Hodge 301. The cluster, in the lower right-hand corner, is blasting material from supernovae into the surrounding nebula.
Aug 22
Tentacles of cold gas that mysteriously thrive in the hot region around a distant galaxy may be held together by magnetic fields, a new study suggests.
Aug 22
In 1982, Soviet cosmonaut Valentin Lebedev spent 211 days aboard the Salyut 7 space station, and the diary he kept became a cautionary tale. Psychologists who read it say it was clear he was suffering from depression. 5 months of flight,” he wrote one day. “We don’t feel time anymore. It’s getting more difficult now.
Aug 22
Recently we’ve had articles on Universe Today that have discussed the outer Milky Way Galaxy, dark matter, and the discovery of a new minor planet. These articles have a common thread: The discoveries all come from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). If you aren’t familiar with SDSS, it encompasses a comprehensive survey lasting more than 8 years
Aug 22
This artist’s rendering depicts NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft as it studies the outer limits of the heliosphere–a magnetic ‘bubble’ around the solar system that is created by the solar wind. The magnetic bubble is not spherical, but pressed inward in the southern hemisphere, according to recent data published as part of a series of papers in the Ju