Naked Quasars and their Galaxy forming Ray Guns

The long debate over what forms first; a Black Hole or a Galaxy, maybe closer to being resolved following observations of a Quasar that has no host Galaxy.  Jets emanating from the Quasar can be seen firing out to a neighbouring Galaxy suggesting they are stimulating stellar formation. http://j.mp/7ZIAxk

WISE wll look for Dark Asteroids and Brown Dwarf Stars - NASA mission briefing

The purpose of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is to find hidden cosmic objects that are not detectable by natural light telescopes within our own Solar System and beyond.

WISE will look for Dark Asteroids within our own Solar System, Brown Dwarf Stars in our solar neighbourhood and Ultra-Luminous Galaxies in Deep Space.

The map generated by WISE will be used as a guide for other Space Telescopes such as Hubble, Spitzer, and upcoming Sofia and James Webb which will look more closely at these objects.

Hubble on the Edge

Recently released Hubble Space Telescope natural colour image of the NGC4710 galaxy, taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in 2006. http://bit.ly/5oi09f