Science News for Kids » Milky Way http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Where cosmic rays are born http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:14:47 +0000 Sid Perkins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15680 Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> Here we go! Shock waves in the clouds of gas surrounding an exploding star (as in this artist’s depiction) accelerate charged particles called protons to very high speed, creating cosmic rays. Credit: Greg Stewart, SLAC Nat'l Accelerator Lab.

New evidence links origin of these very energetic particles to massive explosions of distant stars]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/where-cosmic-rays-are-born/feed/ 0 Super star-maker http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:24:41 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13781 This artist’s drawing shows what the central galaxy of the Phoenix cluster might look like. The small blue dots represent new stars forming. Credit: NASA.gov

A distant galaxy cluster churns out stars at a whopping rate]]> This artist’s drawing shows what the central galaxy of the Phoenix cluster might look like. The small blue dots represent new stars forming. Credit: NASA.gov

A distant galaxy cluster churns out stars at a whopping rate]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/phoenix-cluster-produces-740-stars-a-year/feed/ 0 End of big bug era http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:00:19 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13050 dragonfly2_feature

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago]]> dragonfly2_feature

Flying predators probably gobbled up the biggest of the large flying insects 150 million years ago]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/flying-predators-probably-gobbled-up-the-biggest-of-the-large-flying-insects-150-million-years-ago/feed/ 0 Galactic mashup http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:15:45 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13011 A show of swirling lights will fill the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Since you won’t be there to see it, here’s an artist’s illustration of what the mashup might look like. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger

Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years ]]> A show of swirling lights will fill the night sky as the Andromeda galaxy collides with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Since you won’t be there to see it, here’s an artist’s illustration of what the mashup might look like. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), and A. Mellinger

Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/the-milky-way-will-merge-with-its-nearest-large-neighbor-in-about-4-billion-years/feed/ 0 Dark matter search turns up empty http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/dark-matter-search-turns-up-empty/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/dark-matter-search-turns-up-empty/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:38:17 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12586 A blue cloud of dark, or invisible, matter surrounds the swirl of the Milky Way galaxy in this illustration. A new study suggests our galaxy’s dark matter may have a shape other than a sphere. Credit: L. Calçada/ESO

Star study suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be lacking invisible matter ]]> A blue cloud of dark, or invisible, matter surrounds the swirl of the Milky Way galaxy in this illustration. A new study suggests our galaxy’s dark matter may have a shape other than a sphere. Credit: L. Calçada/ESO

Star study suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be lacking invisible matter ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/dark-matter-search-turns-up-empty/feed/ 0