Cosmic meeting of star, nebula

Cosmic meeting of star, nebula

Aug 24, 2015

The Hubble telescope has captured the spectacular cosmic pairing of a star and a nebula 15 000 light years away. The star Hen 2-427 – more commonly known as WR 124 – is pictured with the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here by the...

Schoolboy is Social Media Star of 2014

Sep 18, 2014

Nadav Ossendryver, who founded the Kruger Sightings Web site when he was just 15, was presented with the Social Media Star of 2014 award for building his wildlife sightings service into the most viewed YouTube channel based in South Africa.

A new star is born …

A new star is born …

Aug 21, 2013

Astronomers using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47 they have...