Who Said It Was A Good Idea To Ask The Internet To Name NASA’s Uranus Mission?
It is a poor idea to ask the general population to name things. Ask any sailor who came close to serving aboard the admirable Boaty…
Astronomy
Orbiting Star With Habitable Rocky Super-Earth Found Just 100 Light-Years Away
To the currently extensive list of exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars outside the Solar System, two more rocky super-Earths can be added. This discovery…
Millisecond Pulsars and Gamma Rays from a nearby Galaxy
Physicists and astronomers have studied gamma rays caused by the Sagittarius Dwarf, a small neighboring galaxy of our Milky Way. They showed that all the…
Venus Was Recently Hit by One Of The Largest Solar Storms Ever Recorded
Recently, the Sun has been quite active, exciting both professional and amateur astronomers. This past week, it intensified the situation with a powerful explosion on…
Some of You Will Witness The Moon Blocking Uranus Next Week
The Moon occasionally appears to pass in front of other celestial bodies since it is the one that is nearest to Earth. We refer to…
The First Direct Image of an Exoplanet from the James Webb Space Telescope
This is the first picture of an exoplanet from the James Webb Space Telescope. JWST also got its first direct spectrum of an object orbiting…
Researchers Believe They Have Located The Origin Of the Fermi Cocoon In The Milky Way
The Fermi Bubbles, two orbs roughly 25,000 light-years large loaded with hot gas and cosmic rays, are located above and below the Milky Way’s plane.…
Long Dark Matter Halo Found Around Ancient Dwarf Galaxy by Astronomers
Numerous dwarf galaxies that are believed to be remnants of the universe’s very first galaxies encircle the Milky Way. Tucana II, an ultrafaint dwarf galaxy…
This Month, NASA Plans To Crash a Spacecraft With An Asteroid To Alter Its Course
In an effort to change its trajectory, NASA is preparing to crash a spacecraft with an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of…
The Entire Galaxy’s Ice Worlds Could Be Raining Diamonds
Due to their scarcity on Earth’s surface, diamonds are valuable. Only last week did we learn that the Earth’s mantle and core connect, creating what…
Supermassive Black Holes May Form from Dark Matter, According to a New Study
A unique method for the production of supermassive black holes from dark matter has been put forth in a recent theoretical study. The worldwide team…
Identifying the Dark Matter Connection and Solar-Mass Black Hole Origin
How is the mystery surrounding the existence of dark matter related to the genesis of black holes? The majority of matter in the universe is…
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