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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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Astronomers View Lighthouse GRB 110328A for the First Time

Posted by Warren Wong on Sunday, July 3, 2011, In : black holes 


NASA scientists are eagerly awaiting more Hubble Space Telescope images of a unusual galaxy in the constellation Draco that currently has the attention of astronomers around the world. The Burst Alert Telescope on NASA's Swift satellite came to life on March 28th as it detected distant explosions over 3.8 billion light-years away in the constellation Draco. Explosions thousands or possibly millions of times more intense than any in the history of the human journey to the beginning of space an...
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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...


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Searching the Night Sky for a Supernova

Posted by Warren Wong on Friday, November 5, 2010, In : supernovas 
Astronomers are looking at NGC 3982 and other galaxies for a supernova to study
If you see a supernova, it could be your big moment in life? NASA photos.

The Milky Way use to be thought of as a spiral galaxy, but recently collected data seems to suggest to astronomers that the Milky Way could in fact be a barred galaxy. Either way, the human journey to the beginning of the universe has revealed to astronomers a seeming infinity of galaxies beyond the celestial horizon we view from Ear...


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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...


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