The Shape of the Southern Crab
The symmetric, multi-legged appearance of the Southern Crab Nebula is certainly distinctive. About 7,000 light-years distant toward the southern sky…
LANIAKEA SUPERCLUSTER
This term has been appearing since September 2014. Many of you may not have heard what it is about, but…
Meeting Despina
Despina is a small moon of Neptune with an average diameter of only 148 km. It was discovered in 1989…
Bringing Back Forests Could Boost Summer Rainfall Across Europe by 7.6%
Converting agricultural land to forests is one way of boosting rainfall and counteracting some of the effects of climate change,…
The beautiful NGC 2392
When a star of similar mass to the Sun enters the final stages of its life, it expels its surface…
How are auroras formed?
It begins with a solar flare The aurora borealis (northern lights) form when charged particles emitted from the sun during…
We want Pluto back!
It may not be considered a planet anymore, but Pluto is still as interesting as the planets that orbit our…
What is a Dark fluid?
Dark fluid is an alternative theory to both dark matter and dark energy and attempts to explain both phenomena in…
The discovery of the smallest and massive white dwarf
A few days ago, the discovery of the smallest and most massive white dwarf observed so far was announced. The…