Monster Marsquake Detected By InSight Is Largest Yet
The strongest Mars quake ever has been detected by NASA’s InSight lander. With a magnitude of 5, this earthquake is more than six times as…
Astronomy
The Stellar Nursery is disrupted by a Wandering Star
A new study has discovered that the magnetic field of a star-forming cloud is strangely twisted. Researchers believe a newborn star moved into the stellar…
How To Watch the Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse This Weekend
This weekend marks the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022. Our natural satellite will pass the Earth’s shadow between May 15 and 16,…
Fantastic Gif Demonstrates Just How Much Sharper JWST Is Compared To Its Predecessor
We’ve seen some of the test photos JWST has sent back now that all of its science equipment has been aligned with the telescope’s optics…
First-Ever Magnetic Reversal of a Supermassive Black Hole May Have Been Spotted
In the core area of a galaxy 236 million light-years distant, a strange eruption occurred. The data point to a magnetic field reversal as the…
First-Ever Image of Sagittarius A, The Supermassive Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Center
Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has never been seen before. We now know what this…
First Full-Scale Prototype of “World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Rocket” Unveiled
Orbex, a private space firm based in the United Kingdom, has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of Orbex Prime, the world’s most ecologically friendly rocket.…
Being In Space for a Long Period of Time Changes Astronauts’ Brain Structures
Astronauts frequently discuss the overview effect, a mental change that occurs when you see our planet in the interplanetary space and realize how fragile it…
Elon Musk Responds To Apparent Threat from Head of Russian Space Agency
Elon Musk has reacted to what appears to be a threat from the president of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, telling followers that “it’s been lovely…
Despite the Sun’s Strong hold, why does Venus Rotate Slowly?
Venus, which rises higher each evening in the western twilight, is the slowest-spinning body in the known universe. You’d only need to walk four miles…
CoRoT-7 – a Binary Star System
CoRoT-7 is a binary star system. The star is approximately 489.2 light-years (150.0 pc) away from our Solar System. The primary, CoRoT-7A, is a G-type…
A Quick Radio Burst reveals Hot Space between Galaxies
A recently discovered, rare and persistent rapid-fire fast radio burst source – sending out an occasional and informative cosmic ping from more than 3.5 billion…
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