Astronomers have employed the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to investigate a peculiar pulsar wind nebula known as ...
Astronomers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array have mapped polarized radio filaments and wisps inside the Vela X ...
For the first time, astronomers have discovered dry ice (carbon dioxide ice) in a planetary nebula, shedding new light on the complex chemistry occurring in the universe’s most dynamic environments.
An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 6302. The observations, detailed in a paper published Feb. 25 ...
The death of a star is usually thought to be a violent and hostile ...
Astroimaging involves a profound irony. While the goal of photography is to capture light, the majority of what astrophotographers capture in their images is utter darkness. Oh sure, the intended ...
When a star runs out of fuel, it sheds its outer layers of gas and, if it doesn't explode in a supernova, forms a glowing shell of ionized gas that expands into space. Shells like these are known as ...
NASA, Donald Walter/South Carolina State University/Paul Scowen/ Brian Moore/Arizona State University A glimpse up at the night sky will reveal a seemingly endless landscape of twinkling stars, but ...