The discovery of the smallest and massive white dwarf
A few days ago, the discovery of the smallest and most massive white dwarf observed so far was announced. The…
Astronomy
17,000 Light-Years From Earth, A Ghostly Cosmic Hand Is Hitting A Wall
Once again, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has gifted us with some of the most breathtaking images known to humankind. The…
Jupiter’s magnetospheree
The stronger the magnetic field, the larger the magnetosphere. Some 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, Jupiter’s magnetic field…
The Sun Just Spat Out an X-Class Flare, The Most Powerful Since 2017
The Sun appears to be waking up from the quiet period of its 11-year cycle. On 3 July 2021, at…
Is the sun yellow?
Usually, young imaginations paint the celestial body of the Sun in hues of yellow, orange, or even red. But have…
The Tarantula Zone
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming…
WASP 12b, a strange exoplanet
WASP 12b is one of the strangest known exoplanets. Discovered in 2008, the exoplanet is a gas giant with a…
Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
IMAGE: In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to…
Never seen before cosmic structures spotted in distant galaxy!
Cosmic structures, the likes of which have never been seen before, have been spotted by astronomers in observations which could…
New, Third Type of Supernova Discovered: An Electron-Capture Supernova
An international team of astronomers has observed the first example of a new type of supernova. The discovery, confirming a…