Trifid Nebula
The Trifid Nebula is a H II region in the Milky Way’s Scutum-Centaurus Arm, located northwest of Sagittarius. It also known as Messier 20 (M20),…
Astronomy
Will it be Unsafe to Look at Betelgeuse With a Telescope When it Goes Supernova?
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant on the verge of exploding in a supernova explosion, which could happen within the next 1,000 years. When the star…
NGC 604 – an H II region
NGC 604 is an H II region located within the Triangulum Galaxy. William Herschel discovered it on September 11, 1784. It is one of the…
Hubble’s 33rd Anniversary is Marked by a Look at a Nearby Star-Forming Zone
In honor of the 33rd anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s debut, astronomers have captured an ethereal image of the nearby star-forming region NGC 1333.…
Chinese Researchers Find Rubidium and Samarium in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere that is Far Away
Astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have studied the atmosphere of MASCARA-4b, a far-off “ultra-hot Jupiter” exoplanet, using the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky…
We’ve Just Edged Closer to Settling the Dark Matter Controversy With a New Look at “Einstein rings” Encircling far-off Galaxies
According to physicists, the majority of the universe’s matter is composed of an invisible material that humans can only detect indirectly by its effects on…
The Large Magellanic Cloud is Being Held in Place by the Gravity of the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a dwarf galaxy observable with the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere, is the greatest nearest partner of our galaxy.…
Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is a large H II region that forms the LMC’s southeast corner (from Earth’s perspective). It is…
For the First Time, Researchers have Discovered Seismic Waves Moving through the Martian Core
The Martian core refers to the central part of the planet Mars, which is believed to be composed primarily of iron and nickel. For the…
The Most Potent Objects in the Cosmos, Quasars, have been a Mystery to Astronomers for 60 Years
By learning that galaxies merging is what ignites quasars, the brightest, most potent objects in the universe, scientists have solved one of their greatest riddles.…
AstroSat was Used to Study the Star-Forming Activity in the Interacting Galaxy System NGC 5291
Astronomers from around the world have used India’s AstroSat spacecraft to study the NGC 5291 system of interacting galaxies. The observational campaign’s findings, which were…
Researchers Create a New Technique for Open Star Clusters’ Layered Structure Detection
The morphological study of open clusters can help to understand the evolution of star clusters and provide observable evidence for tracking their genesis mechanism. Star…
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