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Supernovae Advance Models of Stellar Evolution: SN 1987A and SN 2005gl Images Reveal Progenitors, Challenge Theories

By: Feature Writer Wendy Anne Makhdum Prosser

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory: An Orbital Telescope Searching for Remote Very High Energy Sources

By: George Garza

Sunspots Seem to Have Vanished: The Ongoing Solar Minimum is the Deepest in a Century.

By: Feature Writer Dennis Holley

Is the Universe Biocentric? A Radical Theory of the Origin of Space, Time and the Entire Cosmos

By: Feature Writer Dennis Holley

Black Hole Ghost Discovered: X-Ray Specter Lies in the Chandra Deep Field North

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

The End of the Universe: Main Theories on How the Cosmos Will Cease to Exist

By: Anna Sanclement

What is Helioseismology? Investigating the Sun's Interior Through Waves in its Surface

By: Feature Writer Wendy Anne Makhdum Prosser

Our Universe Could be One of Many: Scientists Are Looking for Evidence of a Multiverse

By: Anna Sanclement

Most Distant Object in the Universe to Date: GRB 090423 Has Largest Redshift Known

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

Rogue Black Holes: Hundreds of Massive Gravity Whorls in the Milky Way

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

New Observations of the Orion Nebula: Very Heavy Star Formation Detected Behind the Constellation

By: Anna Sanclement

Calculating Density of Black Holes: How Much Must Mass & Energy Be Compressed to Form an Event Horizon

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Finding the God Particle: CERN's LHC Searches for the Higgs Boson

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

The Black Hole War - A Review: Leonard Susskind’s New Book About the Mysteries of the Universe

By: Feature Writer Margaret M. Williams

Maunder Minimum & Variable Sun: Solar Variations, Sunspot Activity Cycles, & Climate Changes

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Solar Constant and Variable Sun: Variations in the Sun's Luminosity and the Sunspot Cycle

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Solar Faculae: Bright Regions on Sun's Photosphere or Visible Surface

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Invisible Astronomy: Astronomers Use the Entire Electromagnetic Spectrum

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

What is Radio Astronomy? Astronomers Study all Forms of Celestial Electromagnetic Waves

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Expansion of the Universe: An Explanation of How the Cosmos Is Growing

By: Feature Writer Kelly Whitt

Origin of Matter in the Universe: How Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons Formed in the Big Bang

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang: Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, & Beryllium Made in the Early Universe

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

GUTS and Inflation in the Big Bang: The Inflationary Period in the Theory of the Early Universe

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Planck Time and the Big Bang: The Instant of Creation in the Theory of the Early Universe

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Predicting the Expanding Universe: Einstein, De Sitter, Friedman, Lemaitre, & Early Cosmology

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Discovering The Expanding Universe: Hubble and Humason Observed Redshifts of Distant Galaxies

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Spectrum of the Andromeda Galaxy: Slipher First Discovered Red Shifts in the Spectra of Galaxies

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

History of the Big Bang Theory: Gamow, & Early Attempts to Understand the Origin of the Universe

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Very Brief History of the Universe: Origin & Evolution of Everything from the Big Bang to Life on Earth

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Cosmic Background Radiation: Discovery Supporting Big Bang Theory for the Origin of the Universe

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Heat from Origin of the Universe: Why the Big Bang Theory Predicts the 3K Cosmic Background Radiation

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Blackbodies in Astrophysics: Thermal Electromagnetic Radiation from an Ideal Blackbody Radiator

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Steady State and Big Bang Theories: Fundamental Cosmological Assumptions and Observations

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Steady State Cosmology: A Cosmological Alternative to the Big Bang Theory

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Origin of the Chemical Elements: Stellar Nucleosynthesis and Supernovae Play Crucial Roles

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Detecting Planets Orbiting Stars: Discovering Extrasolar Planets with High Resolution Spectroscopy

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Spectroscopy and Types of Spectra: Spectroscopy Tells Astronomers the Composition of Celestial Objects

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Water on Extrasolar Planets: How Did Astronomers Detect the Composition of HD 209458b?

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Spectroscopy and Atomic Structure: How Electrons Cause Spectral Emission and Absorption Lines

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Is Time Travel Possible? Current ideas on travel to the future and past

By: Cyrus Dehkan

Energy and Stellar Evolution: Conservation of Energy tells us Stars Must Evolve

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Biological and Stellar Evolution: Astronomers and Biologists have Different Meanings of Evolution

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Was the Big Bang an Explosion? A look at how the universe was formed

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Types of Stars: Spectral Classification

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Origin of the Universe: Asking the BIG Question

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Solstice: The Darkest or Lightest Day of the Year

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Wormholes: Shortcuts in Spacetime

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Star Lifespan: How long does a star live?

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Gamma Ray Bursters: One of the Most Volatile Phenomena in the Universe

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

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