News articles tagged with 'nebula'
The rose-red glow of star formation
— 30 Mar 2011 16:31 | AstronomyThe object dominating this image may resemble a pool of spilled blood, but rather than being associated with death, such regions of ionised hydrogen - known as HII regions - are sites…
Oldest objects in solar system indicate a turbulent beginning
— 4 Mar 2011 15:42 | AstronomyScientists have found that calcium, aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the…
Reflected glory
— 17 Feb 2011 17:06 | AstronomyMessier 78 is a fine example of a reflection nebula. The ultraviolet radiation from the stars that illuminate it is not intense enough to ionise the gas to make it glow - its dust particles…
The Orion nebula: Still full of surprises
— 19 Jan 2011 16:44 | AstronomyThe Orion Nebula, also known as Messier 42, is one of the most easily recognisable and best-studied celestial objects. It is a huge complex of gas and dust where massive stars are forming…
NASA satellites find high-energy surprises in 'constant' Crab Nebula
— 13 Jan 2011 17:15 | AstronomyThe combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy…
VISTA stares deeply into the blue lagoon
— 5 Jan 2011 17:12 | AstronomyThis new infrared image of the Lagoon Nebula was captured as part of a five-year study of the Milky Way using ESO's VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This is a small…
Giant star goes supernova - and is smothered by its own dust
— 13 Oct 2010 17:03 | AstronomyA giant star in a faraway galaxy recently ended its life with a dust-shrouded whimper instead of the more typical bang. Ohio State University researchers suspect that this odd event…
VISTA reveals the secret of the unicorn
— 7 Oct 2010 16:00 | AstronomyAn active stellar nursery lies hidden inside a massive dark cloud rich in molecules and dust in the constellation of Monoceros. Although it appears close in the sky to the more familiar…
Breaking waves in the stellar lagoon
— 22 Sep 2010 17:48 | AstronomyThe Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a dramatic view of gas and dust sculpted by intense radiation from hot young stars deep in…
Ambitious survey spots stellar nurseries
— 12 Aug 2010 08:06 | AstronomyThe leader of the survey team, Maria-Rosa Cioni (University of Hertfordshire, UK) explains: 'This view is of one of the most important regions of star formation in the local Universe…