The Largest Rotating Structures in the Universe Might have been Found by Astronomers
Rotation in the universe is a common thing. Starting from asteroids to galaxies, objects spin on their axes and around much larger objects. Astronomers now…
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Wolf 359 – a Red Dwarf Star
Wolf 359 is a faint red dwarf located only 7.86 light years away in the constellation Leo. It is a red dwarf star located in…
Cosmic Rays Originate from Multitude of Stars in the Milky Way and Other Galaxies
Cosmic rays are known to originate from a vast number of stars in the Milky Way and other galaxies. The difficulty is in tracing the…
61 Cygni – a Binary Star System in the Constellation Cygnus
61 Cygni was christened the “Flying Star” in 1792 by Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826) for its unusually large proper motion. It is a binary star system…
The Boundary of the Heliosphere has been Mapped
The heliosphere’s boundary has been mapped for the first time, providing scientists with a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds interact. Scientists created…
US Space Force Looking into a Rocket that can Deliver Cargo Globally
On June 4, the Air Force Department designated Rocket Cargo as the fourth Vanguard program to increase the output of science and technology. This specific…
Study Found a New Type of Faint Diffuse Aurora
The famous northern and southern lights have been studied for millennia, but they continue to hold secrets. Physicists describe a new phenomenon known as “diffuse…
Black Holes can help Certain Galaxies form New Stars
A study that combined systematic observations with cosmological simulations discovered that, surprisingly, black holes can aid in the formation of new stars in certain galaxies.…
Astronomers discover Jet Material Ejected by Massive Protostars and Mess-massive Protostars
Astronomers studying high-speed matter jets emitted by giant young stars that are still forming discover a significant difference between those jets and those emitted by…
70 Ophiuchi – a Binary Star System Located 16.6 Light-years Away from Earth
70 Ophiuchi system is a conjectured planetary system orbiting both stars of the binary system. It is a binary star system located 16.6 light-years away…
A Mission to Alpha Centauri Within a Human Lifetime has Just Become More Realistic
Mankind’s fastest spaceship will take thousands of years to reach even the nearest stars. Breakthrough Initiatives are exploring the possibility of reducing it in a…
Closest Images of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede in Decades Reveal its Surface in Spectacular Detail
NASA’s Juno probe has just provided the closest images of Jupiter’s ice moon Ganymede that we’ve seen for decades, presenting some incredible glimpses of its…
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