A Giant Planet for Beta Pic Credit: A.-M. Lagrange, D. Ehrenreich (LAOG), et al., ESO Explanation: A mere 50 light-years away, young star Beta Pictoris became one of the most important stars in the sky in the early…
Companion of a Young, Sun-like Star Confirmed Credit: Gemini Observatory, D. Lafreniere, R. Jayawardhana, M. van Kerkwijk (Univ. Toronto) Explanation: The first direct image of an extrasolar planet orbiting a star similar to our Sun has been confirmed.…
Hubble Remix: Active Galaxy NGC 1275 Credit: Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA Explanation: Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies. Wild-looking at visible wavelengths,…
