Enormous elliptical galaxy Messier 87 is about 50 million light-years away. Also known as NGC 4486, the giant galaxy holds trillions of stars compared to the mere billions of stars in our large spiral Milky Way. M87 reigns as the large central... Continue Reading →
How do stars and planets form? New clues have been found in the protoplanetary system Herbig-Haro 30 by the James Webb Space Telescope in concert with Hubble and the Earth-bound ALMA. The observations show, among other things, that large dust grains are more concentrated into a central disk where they... Continue Reading →
Stanford Medicine researchers find that ibogaine, a plant-based psychoactive compound, safely led to improvements in depression, anxiety and functioning among veterans with traumatic brain injuries. For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries... Continue Reading →
She blamed herself for her condition, convinced that she had ignored the subtle, unwritten rules of life. The ones not taught in school, not spoken aloud, but learned through patience, observation, and time. She had made choices for today, never... Continue Reading →
Seen as a seagull and a duck, these nebulae are not the only cosmic clouds to evoke images of flight. But both are winging their way across this broad celestial landscape, spanning almost 7 degrees across planet Earth's night sky toward the constellation of the... Continue Reading →
Scientists have developed new light-sensitive chemicals that can radically improve the treatment of aggressive cancers with minimal side effects. In mouse tests, the new therapy completely eradicated metastatic breast cancer tumors. The novel chemicals, called cyanine-carborane salts, and their role... Continue Reading →
Love is often painted as a force of warmth and security, yet sometimes, it is a paradox—both a dream and a nightmare. She loved him not for his kindness, but for the chaos he brought into her world. He was... Continue Reading →
Riding high in the constellation of Auriga, beautiful, blue VdB 31 is the 31st object in Sidney van den Bergh's 1966 catalog of reflection nebulae. It shares this well-composed celestial still life with dark, obscuring clouds B26, B27, and B28, recorded in Edward... Continue Reading →
Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula labelled IC 417, while the smaller fly-shaped cloud... Continue Reading →
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