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Star Clusters of Unimaginable Size Exist in the Universe

Posted by Warren Wong on Thursday, September 19, 2013, In : Star Astronomy

Understanding how large star clusters form could tell us more about star formation when the universe was young

Tonight we’ll journey to the truly titanic 30 Doradus nebula (also called the Tarantula nebula), 170 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a smaller satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, where astronomers recently discovered something they suspected about the formation of larger star clusters.

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The Biggest Bang of Them All?

Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : Star Astronomy

: Television and the universe will never be the same

: Did the universe begin in the biggest bang of them all?

The "Big Bang Theory" Hits Home

Ever heard of the "Big Bang Theory", the television show starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons as two nerdy physicists being taught the meaning of a big bang by the sexy and memorable Kaley Cuoco as Penny. We'll astronomers have a theory about the biggest bang of them all, they call the "Big Bang". A theory about the beginning of space and...

Dance Across the Night Sky with Cassiopeia the Queen

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : Star Astronomy

Star gazers Halloween treats abound in autumn's night sky

: This star map gives you an idea of the stars in and around Cassiopeia the Queen. NASA photos.

Cassiopeia the Queen is one of the first northern deep sky objects we'll view during our journey to the beginning of the universe. Cassiopeia the Queen is easily recognizable in autumn's night sky using her characteristic W or M shape form and she was one of the 48 constellations originally listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer ...

Journey into the Heart of the Beehive

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : Star Astronomy

: The bottom photo reminds many of bees moving around in a hive. NASA photos

The Hubble Space Telescope takes the human journey to the beginning of the universe into the beehive

We join the human journey to the beginning of the universe as it boards the Hubble Space Telescope to travel 15,800 light years (~ 4850 parsecs) into Centaurus the Centaur to globular cluster Omega Centauri to peer into the beehive and look at individual stars.The beehive as it's called was first noted by earl...

The First Possible Cradle for a New Human Genesis?

Posted by Warren Wong on Thursday, November 4, 2010, In : Star Astronomy

Photos NASA
Six exo-planets are circling red dwarf star Gliese 581 20 light years distant in the constellation Libra

The human search for an exo-planet capable of being a cradle for a new human genesis found what many consider to be the first exo-planet with the physical makeup to make it possible. A team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institute of Washington recently announced to the world the discovery of an exo-planet they believe ha...

Something Unusual, Something New

Posted by Warren Wong on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Star Astronomy

NASA photo
Supernovas are some of the most powerful and visually striking events observed during the human voyage to the beginning of the universe. Releasing more energy in a single moment than Sol will over its entire lifetime, a supernova is luminous enough to shine brighter in the night sky than entire galaxies during one moment in space and time, before slowly fading from view over several weeks or months. The force of a supernova expels a large percentage of a star's mass into the darknes...