All about Arp 147
Arp 147 is a pair of interacting galaxies 400 million light years away from Earth, visible in the constellation Cetus….
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a dark and dense gaseous/dusty globule, located at a distance of around 2,400 light years…
Is Climate Change Driving Some People Not To Have Children?
There is never a “right” time to have a baby, so the saying goes. There is a myriad of factors…
Humans Shaped Life on Earth For 12,000 Years, And It Wasn’t All Doom And Destruction
There’s a pervasive notion in our society that nature is something outside, over there, other, from what we are as…
All about the Veli nebula
The Veil Nebula first formed about 8,000 years ago when an incredibly massive red giant star at least 20 times…
All about NGC 7009
NGC 7009 is a planetary nebula 4000 light years away from Earth, visible in the constellation Aquarius. It was one…
Energy unleashed by submarine volcanoes could power a continent
Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to…
Talking about Dark Matter and Dark Energy
The visible universe—including Earth, the sun, other stars, and galaxies—is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons bundled together into atoms….
Dreaming in the sky
Imagine being in the time of the Ancient Romans and your dream is to become an archer in the service…
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them….