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Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super-suns

— 17 Nov 2009 12:29 | Astronomy

The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion's sword. The glowing gas of the Nebula is powered by a group... — full story

Rapid star formation spotted in 'stellar nurseries' of infant galaxies

— 11 Nov 2009 11:18 | Astronomy

The Universe's infant galaxies enjoyed rapid growth spurts forming stars like our sun at a rate of up to 50 stars a year, according to scientists at Durham University... — full story

Shedding light on the cosmic skeleton

— 3 Nov 2009 11:50 | Astronomy

'Matter is not distributed uniformly in the Universe,' says Masayuki Tanaka from ESO, who led the new study. 'In our cosmic vicinity, stars form in galaxies and galaxies usually form... — full story

Rare space experiment gives clues about the fundamental structure of the universe

— 3 Nov 2009 10:01 | Astronomy

A physics experiment using a super-fast explosion in a galaxy 7.3 billion light-years away has given scientists rare experimental evidence about the fundamental structure of space and... — full story

Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory

— 3 Nov 2009 09:02 | Astronomy

A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist... — full story

The FORS1 instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory was used to take this exquisitely sharp close up view of the colourful Jewel Box cluster, NGC 4755. The telescope's huge mirror allowed very short exposure times: just 2.6 seconds through a blue filter (B), 1.3 seconds through a yellow/green filter (V) and 1.3 seconds through a red filter (R). The field of view spans about seven arcminutes, (c) ESOOpening up a colourful cosmic jewel box

— 29 Oct 2009 11:21 | Astronomy

Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern... — full story

Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

— 26 Oct 2009 16:28 | Astronomy

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2... — full story

Scientists use math modelling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation

— 15 Oct 2009 09:11 | Biology

A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained... — full story

Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet

— 14 Oct 2009 11:49 | Astronomy

Britney E. Schmidt, a UCLA doctoral student in the department of Earth and space sciences, wasn't sure what she'd glean from images of the asteroid Pallas taken by the Hubble Space... — full story

Not surprisingly, interacting galaxies have a dramatic effect on each other. Studies have revealed that as galaxies approach one another massive amounts of gas are pulled from each galaxy towards the centre of the other, until ultimately, the two merge into one massive galaxy. NGC 2623 is in the late stages of the merging process, with the centres of the original galaxy pair now merged into one nucleus, but stretching out from the centre are two tidal tails of young stars, a strong indicator that a merger has taken place. During such a collision, the dramatic exchange of mass and gases initiates star formation, seen here in both the tails. The prominent lower tail is richly populated with bright star clusters - 100 of them have been found in these observations. These star clusters may have formed as part of a loop of stretched material associated with the northern tail, or they may have formed from debris falling back onto the nucleus. In addition to this active star-forming region, both galactic arms harbour very young stars in the early stages of their evolutionary journey, (c) NASA, ESA and A. Evans (Stony Brook University, New York)Sky merger yields sparkling dividends

— 13 Oct 2009 10:21 | Astronomy

A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble... — full story

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