News tagged with peculiar star

Stellar family in crowded, violent neighborhood proves to be surprisingly normal

The massive Arches Cluster is a rather peculiar star cluster. It is located 25 000 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), and contains about a thousand young, massive stars, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Transforming galaxies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of the Universe's galaxies are like our own, displaying beautiful spiral arms wrapping around a bright nucleus. Examples in this stunning image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast