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1. Stellar theft sends guilty star into a spin
Astronomers have found the remnants of a star close to Regulus, one of the brightest in the sky, which could explain its odd pumpkin shape
Ken Croswell 14 July 2008
2. Milky Way keeps tight grip on its neighbour
The Large Magellanic Cloud is not breaking free of the Milky Way's cluster of galaxies after all, according to the latest measurements on our galaxy
Ken Croswell 16 August 2008
3. Science: The darkest galaxy cluster of all
A nearby cluster of galaxies in the constellation of Eridanus has a phenomenal amount of invisible, or 'dark', matter, says an American astronomer. If such
KEN CROSWELL 29 August 1992
4. Backward star ain't from around here
The nearest neighbouring star to orbit the galaxy backwards appears to have come from a much brighter place
Ken Croswell 11 November 2009
5. The Galactic empire
Our Milky Way is more than just a huge spiral galaxy, it is also the centre of a vast empire that spans more than a million light-years and governs at
KEN CROSWELL 01 December 1990
From magazine issue 1745 Labeled: Features
6. Milky Way may have a huge hidden neighbour
Patterns in the gas at the edge of our galaxy could signal a large, unseen satellite galaxy just next door
Ken Croswell 13 August 2009
7. Science: Supernova theory exploded by solitary white dwarfs
According to a popular astronomical theory, many supernovae occur when two white dwarf stars which are orbiting each other merge into a single star and
KEN CROSWELL 23 March 1991
8. Science: Major galaxy cluster eluded astronomers
A large cluster of galaxies close to our Milky Way and exerting a strong pull on it has been completely overlooked, say astronomers from Britain, Japan,
KEN CROSWELL 10 April 1993
9. Forum: What's so special about the centre? - It is time for a little post-Copernican thinking
Ever since Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the Solar System, scientists - and astronomers in particular - have been rendering our place in
KEN CROSWELL 16 February 1991
10. Science: The end of the Universe as we know it?
The Universe could be more than twice as old as most astronomers believe and be destined to collapse in a 'big crunch' in 79 billion years. This is the
KEN CROSWELL 16 January 1993
