News articles tagged with 'star' (Page 2)
Baby stars born to 'napping' parents
— 9 Mar 2011 20:05 | AstronomyCardiff University astronomers believe that a young star's long 'napping' could trigger the formation of a second generation of smaller stars and planets orbiting around it…
'Weird science' uncovered inside neutron star
— 24 Feb 2011 20:47 | AstronomyA University of Alberta astronomer has glimpsed the inner working of a neutron star and found a unique world where the physics can be described as 'weird.' Craig Heinke's team found…
Planet formation in action?
— 24 Feb 2011 20:11 | AstronomyUsing ESO's Very Large Telescope an international team of astronomers has been able to study the short-lived disc of material around a young star that is in the early stages of making…
Super-sharp radio 'eye' remeasuring the universe
— 20 Feb 2011 16:06 | AstronomyUsing the super-sharp radio 'vision' of astronomy's most precise telescope, scientists have extended a directly-measured 'yardstick' three times farther into the cosmos than ever before,…
Improving microscopy by following the astronomers' guide star
— 18 Feb 2011 18:02 | AstronomyA corrective strategy used by astronomers to sharpen images of celestial bodies can now help scientists see with more depth and clarity into the living brain of a mouse. Eric Betzig,…
Herschel finds less dark matter but more stars
— 17 Feb 2011 17:12 | AstronomyESA's Herschel space observatory has discovered a population of dust-enshrouded galaxies that do not need as much dark matter as previously thought to collect gas and burst into star…
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…
Isolating the stellar discs of Andromeda
— 15 Feb 2011 15:54 | AstronomyA team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Europe have identified a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda galaxy for the first time. The discovery and properties of the thick…
New instrument will help confirm Kepler's planet finds
— 14 Feb 2011 15:09 | AstronomyThe search for planets outside our solar system continues to heat up. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has located more than 1,200 planetary candidates, however confirming them remains a challenge.…
Earth-size planet candidates found in habitable zone
— 3 Feb 2011 17:18 | AstronomyNASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface.…