AG Carinae is a bright, unstable luminous blue variable star. This rare type of star lives fast and dies young (by stellar standards) over only a few million years. During Keep reading
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Chaos in the Lagoon Nebula
Even on the scale of light-years, fluid dynamics plays a role in our universe. This photograph shows the Lagoon Nebula, where stars, gas, and dust are battling for supremacy. Jets Keep reading
Turbulence and Star Formation
Space, as I’ve discussed previously, is surprisingly full of matter, especially clouds of dust. And yet the rate of star formation we observe is bizarrely low; the Milky Way, for Keep reading
The Bubble Nebula
This spectacular Hubble image shows the Bubble Nebula. The source of this nebula is the star seen toward the upper left side of the bubble. This massive, super-hot star has Keep reading
Is the Star Trek Voyager Opening Sequence Physically Realistic?
Today’s post is largely brought to you by the fact that I have been sick the past four days and my fiance and I have been bingeing on Star Trek Keep reading