The Black Eye Galaxy
The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively…
Decades-Long Experiment Finds Strange Mix of Antimatter in The Heart of Every Proton
Like the Universe’s tiniest matryoshka dolls, atoms are typically modelled as particles within particles – a nuclei built of protons…
Astronomers Find Monster Black Hole With 6 Galaxies Trapped in Its Gravitational Web
Astronomers have discovered six galaxies ensnared in the cosmic “spider’s web” Of a supermassive black hole soon after the Big…
The multidisciplinary approach of astronomy
One of my favourite aspects about the subject of astronomy is that it inevitably leads one to examine other areas…
The home of life
The history of life on Earth is truly one of the greatest stories ever told. Since its origin on our…
NGC 4622: Exploring the Backward Galaxy
Located within the Centaurus constellation, NGC 4622, commonly referred to as the Backward galaxy, is a face-on spiral galaxy free…
Variations in Sunlight Have More to do with Pollution than clouds
The amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface has been fluctuating for decades now, and a new study supports the idea…
For The First Time, We’ve Detected a ‘Ghost Particle’ Coming From a Shredded Star
A star completely torn apart when it ventured too close to a black hole has given science a rare gift….
Thuban
Thuban is a star visible in the constellation Draco, 300 light-years away from Earth. Although in literature it is known…
Are quantum processes relevant in photosynthesis?
What is “quantum biology”? It is the study of quantum effects in complex biological systems. These studies have a history…