Galaxy IC 1101
Of the 100,000 million galaxies in the observable universe, some had to be the largest. So far this is the…
Crown Australis under Namibian skies
Shadows are no less important than light ‘What a mess, what a medieval mess,’ Merlin would say. In this image…
Flows in the sky and rivers of stars
Those that approach the Milky Way look like skeins of wool. They’re really long streams of stars, like time boxes,…
Infamous 1972 Prediction of Global Collapse in The 2040s Looks to Be Right on Track
/Human society is on track for a collapse in the next two decades if there isn’t a serious shift in…
Talking about humans
Humans occupy a minuscule amount of time relative to the age of the Earth. The best available evidence places the…
A cosmic bag full of coal
Part of the Coal Bag Nebula seen up close Dark spots almost completely block a rich star field. The dark…
There is an Hamburger in the sky!
The sky is full of objects that have been called by astronomers with very strange names. For example, this item…
BLACK HOLE WITH HEART ARRHYTHMIA
The supermassive black holes identified at the center of most galaxies can be compared to a heart. They, through the…
High-speed stars confirm relativity
General relativity tells us that light will be affected by gravity. This so-called space-time curvature has just been observed in…
Vampire Stars, Type Ia Supernovae, and How to Fathom Galactic Distances
Scientists can find distances to far-flung galaxies in the Universe by studying the dimness of Type Ia supernovae, which give…