The new lord of the rings
The rings of Saturn are undoubtedly one of the greatest wonders of the Solar System. In the Milky Way, however,…
Discovering the Galactic center
The Milky Way Galaxy is our home. It is a spiral barred galaxy with a mass around one trillion solar…
New evidence of how and when the Milky Way came together
New research provides the best evidence to date into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including…
How big would methane raindrops be on Titan?
Clouds on Titan create methane rain, causing changes on the surface below. Methane raindrops on Titan could grow to be…
More Accurate Clocks Unleash More Disorder in The Universe
What’s the price of an accurate clock? Entropy, a new study has revealed. Entropy – or disorder – is created…
Climate Change Is Destroying The World’s Oldest Rock Art
In caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, ancient peoples marked the walls with red and mulberry hand stencils, and…
Human Impact on Earth Is Shrinking an Entire Layer of The Atmosphere
Our world is hugged by complex layers of gases that make up the atmosphere. They protect and nurture all life…
Herbig-Haro object 151
Herbig-Haro object 151 (abbreviated to HH 151, and also known as HL Tau and LDN 1551) is a HH object,…
A strange exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf gives a peek at the future of our own solar system
This illustration shows the white dwarf WDJ0914+1914 and its Neptune-like exoplanet. Since the icy giant orbits the hot white dwarf…
Chernobyl’s Molten Guts Are Warming Up, And we Don’t Know Why
Over the past five years, a sensor keeping count of neutron emissions deep within the rubble of the Chernobyl nuclear…