Matter flows away from the poles of newborn stars in fast-moving columns that plow through nebular clouds. Gas and dust pile up in front of these outflows, forming waves called “bow shocks” in much ...
Image Credit: Far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium;X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger This close up ...
Yesterday, the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket was launched from its pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia. Loaded with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, it’s headed to ...