Rotanev, Sualocin and the mystery of the constellation of the Dauphin
Rotanev and Sualocin are the two brightest stars in the constellation of the Dauphin. Although they are nothing exceptional to…
Astronomy
Black energy and black matter
‘What makes up everything? Back to ancient Greece. It sought an answer to this big question. Many philosophers have attempted…
Origin of antimatter arriving on Earth could be nearby pulsars
The mysterious excess of a certain antimatter particle that hits Earth may be about to be unraveled. Contrary to the…
Wolf 359
Wolf 359 is a faint red dwarf of thirteenth apparent magnitude that can be seen in the direction of the…
Stars, stars and more stars
All the bright dots you see in this image are in fact stars that belong to Palomar 6, one of…
The black hole that isn’t there
In 2020, the discovery was announced that within the HR 6819 star system, located just a thousand light years from…
Are you a beginner in the exciting world of Astronomy?
We tell you a few small steps to distinguish a star from a planet in the vast blue sky… If…
What’s inside a Black Hole?
What’s inside a black hole is anyone’s guess, and science is still struggling to provide us with any answers. Which…
When the prospect is deceiving.
M35 and NGC 2158 are two open clusters visible in the constellation Gemini. From this image the two clusters would…
Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon
The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a…