Planck Casts New Light on Stellar Formation
undefined Comments - 27 Apr 2010
A series of recent experiments has revealed that, more often than not, the halos of dark matter surrounding massive galaxy clusters are flattened and shaped like a cigar. Until now, astrophysicists believed that the mysterious stuff, which is bel...

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Baby stars in the Rosette cloud
0 Comments - 12 Apr 2010
Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of wavelengths at 70 microns (blue), 160 microns (green) and 250 microns (red). It was made with ob...

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Picture of the Day #3


Carina Nebula


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