Eagle Nebula Pillars sonified
In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off the famous Eagle nebula, as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position
The Largest Star in the Universe – size comparison
What is the largest star in the Universe? And why is it that large? And what are stars anyway?
Fastest Star ever observed
Fastest star ever observed by astronomers is moving at more than 8% the speed of light.
The Origin of Elements
The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe…
First Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Star
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.
A massive Star may have Disappeared
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy.
Star/Exoplanet best twin to the Sun/Earth discovered
Astronomers have found the star Kepler-160 and its companion KOI-456.04 are more reminiscent of the Sun-Earth system than any previously known exoplanet-star pair.
The Most Powerful ever Supernova detected
Astronomers just detect the most powerful supernova – star explosion, ever observed.
Beautiful outcome of Stellar Fight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), have spotted a peculiar gas cloud that resulted from a confrontation between two stars.
Star is Dragging Space-Time around with it
Astronomers discovered a star that is dragging space-time around with it, proving that Einstein was right again.