Pulsar Enigma Discovered

From NASA Astrophysics. Hidden deep within a group of ancient stars, there lurks a young and powerful enigma. This is NGC 6624, a globular cluster near our galaxy’s center thought [...]

Unexplained Gamma-Ray Pulsar

From NASA Astrophysics and Goddard Space Flight Center. In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars in the southern constellation Crux whisked past each other at a distance closer than [...]

Warped Galaxy in Turmoil

From HubbleCast and Dr. J. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a close-up view of the galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble’s multi-wavelength image is the most detailed ever made of this [...]

Flare States of the Crab Nebula

For those who haven’t seen it, this is from NASA Astrophysics and the amazings at Goddard Space Flight Center. The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous [...]

Where We Stand in the Cosmic Energy Continuum

This is an excerpt from Cosmic Journeys “Cold Sparks & Black Holes.” It’s the start of a journey through the incredible continuum of cosmic energy that produced us. Today, energy [...]