A ghostly jellyfish, raised from the dead
Galaxy clusters are the largest known structures in the universe held together by gravity. In addition to harboring thousands of…
Astronomy
Coldest known place in the Universe resembles ghost shape
Boomerang Nebula is 5,000 light-years from Earth. Its temperature is -272ºC, just above absolute zero. Astronomers at the Alma Observatory…
The Sun is made of plasma
This image covers an area 22,600 miles wide on the Sun’s surface, covered in plasma divided into “cells” (Image: NSO/NSF/AURA)…
This galaxy has no dark matter. Find out why this shocks astronomers!
A galaxy without dark matter was measured for the second time and scientists confirmed: there is no sign of the…
Hot, dense iron exoplanet discovered 31 light-years from Earth
Called GJ 367b, it’s about the size of Mars and takes just 8 hours to make a complete loop around…
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
A small portion of the sky, with an area equal to just one tenth of that of the full Moon,…
Ready to observe the Wonders of the Sky in December?
Last appointment of the year, let’s discover together what the sky in December holds! Also this month Venus, Jupiter and…
The Cosmic Love
“The Heart and Soul Nebulae” are Emission Nebulae and H II Regions Located at a Distance of over 7500 Light…
What is the Kuiper belt?
Kuiper belt is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical…
Hubble’s dead star image is so magical it feels like fiction
An unpublished photo showing the Veil Nebula released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) and captured by the…