How can it be that the Sun is older than the Earth, but the water that we drink is older than the Sun?
Current formation modell suggests that our solar system began as a huge ingathering of material, that over time it began…
Astrophysics
Flying saucer in orbit around Saturn
It may remind you of a flying saucer, the object you see is actually a moon of Saturn with a…
A Simulation Suggests 68 Percent of the Universe May Not Exist
According to the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (Lambda-CDM) model, which is the current accepted standard for how the universe began…
Earth has an “Evil twin”, and it’s closer than you think…
A new NASA video makes the case that Venus is Earth’s “evil twin.” The nefarious moniker is revealed to be,…
Astronomers Detected a Radio Signal at a Distance 8.8 Billion Years
Exploration of galaxies at much greater distances from Earth may now be possible. How do stars form in distant galaxies?…
Scientists See Giant Structure “Hidden” Behind Our Galaxy
An uncharted region of space known as the “zone of avoidance” lurks behind the Milky Way’s center – and astronomers…
Black holes are time machines, with a catch
Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to…
Hidden’ supernova remnants in the Milky Way are found
Researchers from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and PEGASUS programs have combined the resources of both initiatives to…
Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe – MACS0647
Gravitational lensing by the galaxy cluster MACS0647, in which the massive foreground cluster distorts and lenses the light emitted by…
M54, THE FIRST INTERGALACTIC CLUSTER DISCOVERED
M54 was first discovered in 1778 by Charles Messier, who included it in his famous deep sky catalogue. For more…