Colliding Stars in Early Universe May Explain Stellar Monsters, Study Suggests
Crowded star clusters in the early Universe could have built giant stars, seeded black holes and fed the…
APOD: 2026 September 24 – The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
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WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: When dust gets in your skies | Astronomy
Today: Every star rotates. Our Sun takes a little less than one Earth month to rotate once on…
Webb Finds Stellar ‘Treasure Chest’ in Carina Nebula
A stunning new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveals a comet-shaped cloud in the Carina…
Astronomers Find Omega Centauri’s First Stellar-Mass Black Hole
After decades of searching, astronomers have pinpointed the first of an estimated 10,000 stellar-mass black holes thought to…
Hubble Peers into 13-Billion-Year-Old Globular Cluster
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of NGC 6426, an ancient globular…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
Astronomers Find Four Separate Generations of Stars in ‘Globular Cluster’ Terzan 5
A globular cluster typically has only one ancient star population. New data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space…
Hubble Captures Spiral Galaxy Packed with Brilliant Star Clusters: NGC 3137
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured this vivid image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3137,…
Sun May Have Escaped Milky Way’s Crowded Core Billions of Years Ago
Using a vast catalog of Sun-like stars built by ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have found strong evidence that…
Chandra Spots Cluster of Newborn Stars in Cocoon Nebula
The Chandra team has released a striking new composite image of the Cocoon Nebula, a reflection and emission…
13-billion-year old star cluster slowly dissolves into the Milky Way
Globular clusters are often described as ancient, tightly bound fossils of the early Milky Way. It has been…