This week’s small-telescope target is the Heart and Dagger Cluster, also known as open cluster NGC 2546 in Puppis. You’ll find this object not quite 3° northeast of magnitude 2.3 Naos (Zeta [ζ] Puppis ...

In 1790, William Herschel discovered NGC 3079, a nearly edge-on barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major about 50 million light-years away. Hubble images reveal its spiral disk is peppered with many HII ...

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy, called NGC 3079, is blowing bubbles in space and acting as an extraordinary particle accelerator. These "superbubbles" are likely being blown by outbursts powered ...

On Earth, we are familiar with bubbles associated with soap or carbonated water. These bubbles consist of a thin film of liquid enclosing a volume of air or other gas that is only a few inches across.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...