All Articles Tagged As: nebulae

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula (9/2/2008)

Scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated to immense energies ...> Full Article

The Little Man and the Cosmic Cauldron (5/31/2008)

VLT images two nebulae in Carina ...> Full Article

Mysterious Cosmic Powerhouses Explored (12/27/2007)

By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects in our galaxy, but objects that remain shrouded in mystery. ...> Full Article

Radiation Flashes May Help Crack Cosmic Mystery (12/9/2007)

Faint, fleeting blue flashes of radiation emitted by particles that travel faster than the speed of light through the atmosphere may help scientists solve one of the oldest mysteries in astrophysics. ...> Full Article

Huge Cloud Of High Temperature Gas Found In Orion Nebula (12/2/2007)

Right in time for the festive season, ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has discovered a huge cloud of high-temperature gas resting in a spectacular nearby star-forming region, shaped somewhat like the silhouette of Santa Claus. ...> Full Article

Astronomers Simulate Life And Death In The Universe (11/1/2007)

Stars always evolve in the universe in large groups, known as clusters. Astronomers distinguish these formations by their age and size. The question of how star clusters are created from interstellar gas clouds and why they then develop in different ways has now been answered by researchers at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn with the aid of computer simulations. The scientists have solved -- at least at a theoretical level -- one of the oldest astronomical puzzles, namely the question of whether star clusters differ in their internal structure. ...> Full Article

The Frugal Cosmic Ant (9/28/2007)

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer and its unique ability to see small details, astronomers have uncovered a flat, nearly edge-on disc of silicates in the heart of the magnificent Ant Nebula. The disc seems, however, too 'skinny' to explain how the nebula got its intriguing ant-like shape. ...> Full Article

Hubble Captures Stars Going Out In Style (9/17/2007)

The colorful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. ...> Full Article