NGC 281 is a bustling hub of star formation about 10,000 light years away. This composite image of optical and X-ray emission includes regions where new stars are forming and older regions containing stars about 3 million years old. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Remember those silent pictures from yesteryear? Here is what Star Wars would look like if released then. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

An enormous eruption has found its way to Earth after travelling for many thousands of years across space. Studying this blast with ESA’s XMM-Newton and Integral space observatories, astronomers have discovered a dead star belonging to a rare group: the magnetars. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Astronomers have found the first signature of complex organic molecules in the dust cloud around a distant star, suggesting that these building blocks of life may be a common feature of planetary systems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed a dusty star system being soaked with a "steamy rain" of water vapor.
DUPE picked by Neiako 2 years ago

Planets may be present in a quadruple star system 150 light years from Earth, according to Spitzer Space Telescope observations. The system, called HD 98800, consists of two pairs of stars in which the partners in each pair orbit one another closely. The pairs themselves travel around each other on a very elongated path. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A furious rate of star formation discovered in a distant galaxy shows that galaxies in the early universe developed either much faster or in a different way from what astronomers have thought. The galaxy is forming the equivalent of 4,000 Suns a year. This is a thousand times more violent than our own Milky Way galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Star Wars Uncut is a web project where 472 fans each remake 15 seconds of Star Wars: A New Hope, and then the clips are assembled into one big, weird remake. The project is currently seeking participants... So you'd better get busy sewing that Chewbacca suit!
(Let us know if you do it!) picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A rare new kind of star may have been discovered. It is much like the white dwarf our own sun should eventually become—save for a mysterious shroud of carbon ash. The findings could shed light on the life and death of stars, astronomers said. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The star of "The Nanny" television comedy series wants to go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory have found a lopsided debris disk around a young star known as HD 15115. As seen from Earth, the edge-on disk resembles a needle sticking out from the star. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Awesome star fortifications designed in the early 16th century as people realised that simpler, often circular forts were pretty poor when it came to the job in hand: defense. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Users of E-Bay in France can no longer get a yellow star as part of E-Bay's ranking system. One person complained that it reminded her of Jews having to wear yellow stars. She insisted that this made any use of yellowish stars anti-Semitic. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Funny compilation of Star Wars parodies. picked by imagica 2 years ago

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Site has the official trailer, not the bootleg cam version, stills, and discussion on JJ Abrams much anticipated - for good and bad - version of Star Trek. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The explosion of a star halfway across the universe was so huge it set a record for the most distant object that could be seen on Earth by the naked eye. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

For the first time, astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

That's right. Star Wars Dance Off.

Gets a bit lame in the middle, but if you don't stick around for the third act you'll kick yourself. Except that you won't, because you won't know why it's so good. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

How is matter created? What happens when stars die? Is the universe shrinking, or is it expanding? For decades, scientists have been looking for answers to such "big picture" questions. For the past few months, members of the department of physics at Florida State University have begun using a groundbreaking new research facility to conduct experiments that may help provide answers to ju... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago