A new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky with more than a half-billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by NASA\’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission was unveiled by NASA last week. \”Today WISE delivers the fruit of 14 years of effort to the astronomical community,\” said Edward L. (Ned) Wright, a […] … learn more→

Researchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted. For the first time, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have detected all phases of thermonuclear burning in a neutron star. The star, located close to the center of the galaxy in the globular cluster Terzan 5, is a “model burster,” says Manuel Linares, a postdoc […] … learn more→

Since the online citizen science project Planet Hunters launched last December, 40,000 web users from around the world have been helping professional astronomers analyze the light from 150,000 stars in the hopes of discovering Earth-like planets orbiting around them. Users analyze real scientific data collected by NASA\’s Kepler mission, which has been searching for planets […] … learn more→