Victoria crater
This beautiful crater on the Martian surface was the home of the Opportunity rover for a few months. The crater,…
Astronomy
Where does the Solar System really end?
We could say that this is where the Sun’s gravity ceases to be strong enough to prevent objects from escaping. …
Super-puffs, NASA’s nickname for this trio of planets
/ In 2012, scientists discovered the solar-type star Kepler 51 and detected 3 planets in its orbit. These planets are…
The Planet Neptune
Neptune is the fourth and last of the “gas giant” planets in proximity to the Sun. Neptune is the eight…
Epic Nova Eruption From Rare Star Is So Bright You Can See It With The Naked Eye
If you look carefully into the night sky, you might see a star that wasn’t visible last week.In the equatorial…
This is Hoba
Every year several thousand tourists pass through this small amphitheater to admire the central rock. The reason is simple: it…
Newfound black hole may be the closest to Earth
How small can a black hole be? For several decades, astronomers have worked to answer this question by tallying the…
Naos, the closest supergiant blu star
Zeta Puppis, also known as Naos, is a supergiant blue star visible in the constellation of the Stern, about 1000…
AR Scorpii: White dwarf punishes red dwarf with electron beams at relativistic speeds
Astronomers used ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes both on the ground and in space, and discovered a new…
ASASSN-15lh: superluminous event explained by rotating black hole “swallowing” star
This artist print shows a Sun-like star near a fast-rotating supermassive black hole with a mass about 100 million times…