STELLAR CHEMISTRY - NANO DAILY

Unprecedented X-ray View of Supernova Remains

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

The destructive results of a powerful supernova explosion reveal themselves in a delicate tapestry of X-ray light, as seen in this image from NASA's Chandra X-R...

Lurking bright blue star caught!

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

A team led by Gaston Folatelli at the Kavli IPMU, the University of Tokyo, has found evidence of a hot binary companion star to a yellow supergiant star, which ...

This star cluster is not what it seems

Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)

The Milky Way galaxy is orbited by more than 150 globular star clusters, which are balls of hundreds of thousands of old stars dating back to the formation of t...

Hubble Finds Supernova Companion Star after Two Decades of Searching

Sep 11, 2014 (SPX)

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a companion star to a rare type of supernova. The discovery confirms a long-held theory that th...

Interactive dark matter could explain Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies

Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists believe they have found a way to explain why there are not as many galaxies orbiting the Milky Way as expected. Computer simulations of the formation...

Cosmic forecast: Dark clouds will give way to sunshine

Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)

Lupus 4 is located about 400 light-years away from Earth, straddling the constellations of Lupus (The Wolf) and Norma (The Carpenter's Square). The cloud is one...

Researcher advances a new model for dark matter

Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)

Astrophysicists believe that about 80 percent of the substance of our universe is made up of mysterious "dark matter" that can't be perceived by human senses or...

Say hello to Laniakea, our cosmic neighbourhood

Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)

Astronomers said Wednesday they have mapped the galaxy supercluster of which our Solar System forms a tiny part, and named the mighty mass Laniakea, or "immense...

Why sibling stars look alike: Early, fast mixing in star-birth clouds

Sep 02, 2014 (SPX)

Stars are made mostly of hydrogen and helium, but they also contain trace amounts of other elements, such as carbon, oxygen, iron, and even more exotic substanc...

Astrophysicists Report Radioactive Cobalt in Supernova Explosion

Sep 02, 2014 (SPX)

A group of astrophysicists, including researchers from MIPT, have detected the formation of radioactive cobalt during a supernova explosion, lending credence to...

Mysteries of space dust revealed

Sep 02, 2014 (SPX)

The first analysis of space dust collected by a special collector onboard NASA's Stardust mission and sent back to Earth for study in 2006 suggests the tiny spe...

Integral catches dead star exploding in a blaze of glory

Aug 29, 2014 (ESA)

Astronomers using ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory have demonstrated beyond doubt that dead stars known as white dwarfs can reignite and explode as supernov...

Evidence for Supernovas Near Earth

Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)

Astronomers call it "the Local Bubble." It is peanut-shaped, about 300 light years long, and filled with almost nothing. Gas inside the bubble is very thin (0.0...

Eta Carinae: Our Neighboring Superstars

Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)

The Eta Carinae star system does not lack for superlatives. Not only does it contain one of the biggest and brightest stars in our galaxy, weighing at least 90 ...

Scientists Say They Discovered Traces of One of Universe's Oldest Stars

Aug 25, 2014 (RIA Novosti)

A team of American and Japanese astronomers claims it has found a chemical signature of one of the first stars in the universe embedded in another old star, BBC...

Spectacular supernova's mysteries revealed

Aug 25, 2014 (SPX)

New research by a team of UK and European-based astronomers is helping to solve the mystery of what caused a spectacular supernova in a galaxy 11 million light ...

Solar salad, anyone?

Aug 20, 2014 (SPX)

An Arizona State University alumna has devised the largest catalog ever produced for stellar compositions. Called the Hypatia Catalog, after one of the first fe...

ISS Spacewalkers Deploy Nanosatellite, Install and Retrieve Science

Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)

Two Expedition 40 spacewalkers, clad in Russian Orlan spacesuits, wrapped up a 5-hour, 11-minute excursion outside the International Space Station at 3:13 p.m. ...

New Milky Way maps help solve stubborn interstellar material mystery

Aug 18, 2014 (SPX)

An international team of sky scholars, including a key researcher from Johns Hopkins, has produced new maps of the material located between the stars in the Mil...

Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Particles

Aug 15, 2014 (SPX)

Seven rare, microscopic interstellar dust particles that date to the beginnings of the solar system are among the samples collected by scientists who have been ...