Astronomy

Astronomers Notice a Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way

Astronomers Notice a Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered evidence of a “hot spot” around Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
A Chaotic Stellar Nursery is Visible to Hubble

A Chaotic Stellar Nursery is Visible to Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA captured an unprecedented view of the Orion Nebula, a turbulent stellar nursery and one of the most photogenic celestial…
Potentially dangerous Something Unusual For A Space Rock Was Just Displayed By Asteroid Phaethon

Potentially dangerous Something Unusual For A Space Rock Was Just Displayed By Asteroid Phaethon

After learning this week that it won’t be repaired after collapsing in 2020, the famous Arecibo observatory may no longer function as a telescope, but…
Exoplanet Atmospheres Where It Rains Iron and Jewels Contain the Heaviest Element Ever Discovered

Exoplanet Atmospheres Where It Rains Iron and Jewels Contain the Heaviest Element Ever Discovered

In the atmospheres of two exoplanets, astronomers have found the intriguing element barium. The 56th element on the periodic table, detected in the upper layers…
Watch Deimos orbit Mars and Pass in Front of Jupiter and Its Moons

Watch Deimos orbit Mars and Pass in Front of Jupiter and Its Moons

When one of humanity’s cosmic explorers discovers something unexpected, it is always fantastic. This time, it’s the European Space Agency’s Mars Express’ chance to catch…
Interstellar Space’s Boundary Experiences Ripples

Interstellar Space’s Boundary Experiences Ripples

Only twice have humans been allowed to journey into interstellar space, due to the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, which have been in orbit for…
Nighttime Views of Earth from Space

Nighttime Views of Earth from Space

A group of researchers has developed a method for producing daily global moderate-resolution nighttime light change maps. When the sun goes down and the lights…
NASA Fires Micro-bullets at Meteoroid Shield on Mars’ Sample-return Orbiter

NASA Fires Micro-bullets at Meteoroid Shield on Mars’ Sample-return Orbiter

NASA engineers are firing micro-bullets at squares of anti-meteoroid shield material that will protect a Mars sample return orbiter during its journey back to Earth.…
Scientists find a very Old and Far-off Gamma Radiation Ray Burst

Scientists find a very Old and Far-off Gamma Radiation Ray Burst

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was peering through eons and eons in September 2021 when it spotted a dramatic explosion, a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that…
Climate Change will Prolong the Effects of Space Pollution

Climate Change will Prolong the Effects of Space Pollution

Satellites face greater chances of collision with space debris as a result of reduced density in the upper atmosphere. Increasing levels of CO2 in the…
Astronomers Develop a New Method to Aid in the Search for Dark Matter

Astronomers Develop a New Method to Aid in the Search for Dark Matter

Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to locate dark matter—mysterious and invisible particles that have so far only been discerned by the effect…
Years After Eating a Star, a Black Hole Burps Material in a Never-Before-Seen Eruption

Years After Eating a Star, a Black Hole Burps Material in a Never-Before-Seen Eruption

Stars are torn to pieces when they approach supermassive black holes too closely. A tidal disruption event is what is happening here (TDE). After the…
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