Astronomy

Here are some of the Breathtaking Images Shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Here are some of the Breathtaking Images Shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Each year the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition envelope what it means to capture the beauty of the sky? The competition is…
Hear the First Audio from China’s Zhurong Mars Rover, Plus some Glorious Footage

Hear the First Audio from China’s Zhurong Mars Rover, Plus some Glorious Footage

China has released a series of new videos (with words!) and images of its first rover to Mars so we can share each experience and…
Earth-like Conditions on Potentially Habitable Planets may be Rare

Earth-like Conditions on Potentially Habitable Planets may be Rare

According to a new analysis of known exoplanets, Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The research focuses on…
Astronomers discovered a White Dwarf Rapidly Rotating and so Massive that it may Collapse

Astronomers discovered a White Dwarf Rapidly Rotating and so Massive that it may Collapse

Astronomers have discovered the smallest and most massive white dwarf ever discovered. They said it’s a star that’s both small and massive, and it’s on…
Life More Likely to Exist in the Clouds of Jupiter than Venus

Life More Likely to Exist in the Clouds of Jupiter than Venus

There are clouds in many parts of the solar system. You see them on rocky planets like Earth and Venus, as well as gas giants…
Brand New Supernova Class Explains the Mystery of the Crab Nebula

Brand New Supernova Class Explains the Mystery of the Crab Nebula

Astrophysicists have proposed supernova classes known as electron-capture for 40 years, but have not been able to prove their existence. But now, astronomers from 25…
17,000 Light-Years from Earth, a Ghostly Cosmic Hand is Hitting a Wall

17,000 Light-Years from Earth, a Ghostly Cosmic Hand is Hitting a Wall

Again, NASA’s Lunar X-ray Observatory has given us the most breathtaking picture known to mankind. The images are as beautiful as they are terrestrial: what…
FAA Clears Virgin Galactic for Commercial Astronaut Spaceflight

FAA Clears Virgin Galactic for Commercial Astronaut Spaceflight

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Virgin Galactic the green light to transport commercial passengers surrounding its VSS spacecraft. This is an extension…
Luminous Blue Variables – Massive Evolved Stars

Luminous Blue Variables – Massive Evolved Stars

Massive evolved stars are luminous blue variables (LBVs). Their spectra and brightness vary in unpredictable and sometimes dramatic ways. These S Doradus variables are unstable…
Astronomers are on the Search for Mysterious Hidden Signal from the Early Universe

Astronomers are on the Search for Mysterious Hidden Signal from the Early Universe

People investigate the universe in a variety of ways: we build telescopes on the ground and in space; we send unmanned spacecraft to explore the…
KY Cygni – a Red Star in the Cygnus Constellation

KY Cygni – a Red Star in the Cygnus Constellation

KY Cygni is a red star in the constellation Cygnus. It is a red supergiant with the spectral class M3.5Ia that can be found in…
A Giant Comet of Our Solar System has been Discovered from the Dark Energy Survey

A Giant Comet of Our Solar System has been Discovered from the Dark Energy Survey

A massive comet from our solar system’s outskirts has been discovered in six years of Dark Energy Survey data. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is thought to be…
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