13-12-02 Until now, scientists were pretty sure they knew how the surface of a neutron star -- a super dense star that forms when a large star explodes and its core collapses into itself -- can heat itself up. However, research by a team of scientists led by...

13-11-11 Supernovae are intensely bright objects. They are formed when a star reaches the end of its life with a dramatic explosion, expelling（驱逐，排出） most of its material out into space. The subject of this new Hubble image, spiral galaxy NGC 6984, pl...

13-05-05 A new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black hole. When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses under its own gravity and produces a black hole, an object so dense that not even light can escape its...

13-04-22 Afterlife Daniel Hoffman It must be easier if one believes The soul's immortal, and survives someplace, Say in Heaven, where it keeps its face And to such singularity each cleaves（劈开） , Or, as in childhood, when I used to think That souls were p...

13-03-27 Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie's Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the discovery of a new type of supernova called Type Iax. This research has bee...

13-01-04 Jennifer Lawrence is one of the hottest young actresses in Hollywood right now, so it's no surprise that a lot of men find her to be irresistible. 詹妮弗劳伦斯如今是好莱坞最炙手可热的年轻女演员之一，所以她成为众多男人心中无法抗拒的女人一点也不让人惊...

12-12-26 Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart. Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you. Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you commit yoursel...

12-11-12 Astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth in the habitable zone, where liquid water and a stable atmosphere could reside, around the nearby star HD 40307. It is one of three new super-Earths found around the star that has three other low-mass pl...

12-08-22 Fierce galactic winds powered by an intense burst of star formation may blow gas right out of massive galaxies, shutting down their ability to make new stars. Sifting through images and data from three telescopes, a team of astronomers found 29 obje...

12-08-17 Coral Reefs, the Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies, has published online a study co-written by Dr. Gordon Hendler of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) about an invasive species of brittle star（海蛇尾） , Oph...