A Massive Survey of the Milky Way revealed billions of Celestial Objects
The Gaia satellite, launched by the European Space Agency in 2013, has conducted a massive survey of the Milky Way, mapping the positions and motions…
Astronomy
New Sun Clock Eliminates Rapid Transitions Between the Solar Seasons
Some of the most severe space weather phenomena on Earth are caused by violent activity on our Sun, having an effect on systems like satellites,…
Researchers Create a New Method to “See” the First Stars Through the Early Universe’s Fog
Astronomers have developed a new technique called “21-cm tomography” that allows them to “see” the first stars that formed in the early universe. This method…
NASA Halts Plans to Completely Deploy the Lucy Solar Array
In Washington Given that the Lucy spacecraft is moving away from the sun, NASA has decided to put off trying to fully deploy a solar…
Massive Black Holes Fueled by Intergalactic Gas
Black holes are incredibly dense regions of space with such strong gravitational pull that nothing, including light, can escape once it gets too close. They…
The Cosmological Collider is Used by Physicists to Explain why Matter, Rather not Antimatter, Dominates the Universe
The idea of a “cosmological collider” is a theoretical concept used to explain the observed asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the universe. According to…
The Darkest View of Interstellar Ices ever Captured
The “darkest view” of interstellar ices refers to the observation of the most complex and carbon-rich ice features ever seen in space. This was achieved…
HD 106906 – a Binary Star System
HD 106906 is a binary star system located in the constellation Crux, about 300 light-years away from Earth. The primary star is a young, massive…
Disturbances in nearby Dwarf Galaxies Point to a different Gravity Theory
Gravity is a well-established principle in physics that has been extensively studied and tested, and the current consensus among scientists is that the theory of…
The most Exact Accounting of Dark Energy and Dark Matter to Date
Dark energy and dark matter are two of the most mysterious and least understood aspects of our universe. Dark energy is thought to be the…
Hubble discovers that Ghost Light among Galaxies dates back a long time
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed a phenomenon known as “ghost light” in distant galaxies, which is believed to be the result of ancient star…
Looking for the Universe’s First Galaxies
The earliest galaxies in the universe are thought to have formed around 400 million years after the Big Bang, during a period known as “cosmic…
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