The first exoplanet ever photographed directly
In 2004, ESO’s VLT observations released this image, which immediately became a milestone in the search for extrasolar planets. Before…
Astronomy
Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing
The current darling of the northern night, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is captured in this telescopic image from a dark…
Want to go on a galactic treasure hunt?
Data known as spectra from NASA’s Webb Telescope make it easy to find – and match up – cosmic prizes!…
The unusual supernova 1987A
The Great Magellanic Cloud is 168,000 light years away, and on the night of February 23, 1987, astronomers Ian Shelton…
Earth just received a radio signal sent from a galaxy that is 9 billion light years away
It is the first time that scientists have detected a signal that originates from another galaxy located 9 billion light…
Active Galaxy NGC 1275
Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies. Wild-looking…
A TADPOLE IN THE DRAGON
At 420 million light years from Earth, in the constellation of the Dragon, there is this peculiar galaxy known both…
Asteroid 2023 BU Will Brush The Earth’s Atmosphere Today
The asteroid 2023 BU, which is now traveling toward Earth and will pass incredibly near to it on January 26,…
LDN 1622: The Boogeyman Nebula
To some, the dark shape looks like a mythical boogeyman. Scientifically, Lynds’ Dark Nebula (LDN) 1622 appears against a faint…
How can it be that the Sun is older than the Earth, but the water that we drink is older than the Sun?
Current formation modell suggests that our solar system began as a huge ingathering of material, that over time it began…