Is it a planet or a star?
When one looks at a planet with the naked eye in the evening, one of the first things that jumps…
Astronomy
Hubble is closer to solving one of astronomy’s great mysteries
The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a nearly 30-year cycle of observing cosmic objects known as “standard candles” — Cepheid…
Wolfe Creek Crater: Everything You Need To Know
The Wolfe Creek crater is the second largest meteorite crater – also known as an astrobleme – in the world….
NGC 2626 nebula
NGC 2626 (also known as Ced 106h, GN 08.33.7, and VdBH 17) is a reflection and an emission nebula, located…
This Unstable Double Binary Star System Could Implode Into a Type Ia Supernova
Multiple star systems are very common in the Milky Way. While most of these systems are binary systems consisting of…
Growing plants in the lunar soil? is possible!
Researchers from the University of Florida have in fact managed for the first time to sprout the seedlings of arabette…
The coldest place in the universe
In February 1933 in the Siberian village of Ojmjakon an impressive temperature of -67.8 ° was recorded, which still remains…
Star cluster NGC 346
The NGC 346 region contains massive, short-lived, highly energetic stars (Image: Reproduction/NASA, ESA – acknowledgment: Antonella Nota (ESA/STScI) et al.,)…
Total eclipse will turn the moon red on Sunday night
Phenomenon can be observed in South and Central America and in the eastern part of North America. A part of…
White dwarf explosion observed in ‘real time’ for the first time
For the first time, a white dwarf has been observed exploding in X-rays. Conducted by a team of researchers led…