Recent UK Meteorite Classified as One of the Rarest Types
A few months ago, a meteor statue was spotted in the town of Winchcombe in the United Kingdom. Multiple videos of meteors burning in the…
Astronomy
Messier 15 – a Globular Cluster in the Constellation of Pegasus
Messier 15 is a globular cluster in the Pegasus constellation. Jean-Dominique Maraldi discovered this globular cluster in 1746. M15 is approximately 33,600 lightyears from Earth…
Astronomers Demonstrate How Planets in Binary Systems Form without being Crushed
The scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics demonstrated how exoplanets in binary star systems, such as the…
Chinese Researchers have a Plan to Deflect a Dangerous Incoming Asteroid away from Earth
New research reveals how current technology could one day save our planet from a destructive collision with the asteroid Bennu, one of the potentially dangerous…
Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson Celebrate the launch of First Passengers into Space
Virgin Galactic has successfully launched its first passenger into space, along with its billionaire founder Richard Branson. The event, held at Spaceport America in New…
The Rotation of Three Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies has been Discovered
The presence of transverse rotation (in the plane of the sky) in three dwarf spheroidal galaxies has been discovered by an international team of astrophysicists…
Cygnus OB2 – a Large Young Cluster of Stars in the Constellation of Cygnus
Cygnus OB2 is a massive young star cluster in the constellation Cygnus. NML Cygni, one of the largest known stars, is also included. The region…
GRB 970228 – a Gamma-ray Burst
GRB 970228 was a type of gamma-ray burst (GRB). It was the first GRB to emit an afterglow. It was spotted on February 28, 1997.…
AFGL 2298 – a Luminous Blue Variable Star located in the Constellation Aquila
AFGL 2298, also known as IRAS 18576+0341, is a bright blue variable star (LBV) in the constellation Aquila, near the galactic plane. Its distance from…
The Surface of Venus Might be Broken in Shuffling Chunks
No other solid body in the solar system has hips like the Earth. Mercury to Mars as well as many moons has a groove in…
HD 160529 – a Luminous Blue Variable Star located in the Constellation of Scorpius
HD 160529, also known as V905 Scorpii, is a luminous blue variable (LBV) star in the Scorpius constellation. It is a Supergiant Star with a…
HD 168607 – a blue hypergiant and luminous blue variable star
HD 168607, also known as V4029 Sagittarii, is a blue hypergiant and luminous blue variable (LBV) star visible through amateur telescopes in the constellation Sagittarius.…
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