These Huge Neutron Stars Existed For Less Than The Blink of an Eye
Not much can be achieved in a few hundred milliseconds. Yet for the neutron stars glimpsed in the glints of…
Astrophysics
The “great design spiral” of the Phantom Galaxy has been beautifully photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope just published photographs of the magnificently spiral M74 Phantom Galaxy, demonstrating why it is humanity’s…
A Supernova Explosion Will Be Visible In The Sky In 2037
The supernova explosion will appear at least two more times in the next 20 years. Astronomers have discovered the third…
Unexpected Clouds toward the Andromeda Galaxy
Why are there oxygen-emitting arcs near the direction of the Andromeda galaxy? No one is sure. The gas arcs, shown…
THE SUN AT PERIHELION
On January 4 at 16:17 UTC the Earth passed into perihelion. This beautiful and very detailed image of the solar…
Images capture the aftermath of an 850-year stellar collision
Professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Dartmouth (USA), Robert Fesen, recorded telescopic images showing an explosion similar…
Never-Before-Seen Eruption Sees Black Hole Burp Material Years After It Ate Star
Supermassive black holes tear stars to pieces when they approach too closely. This is known as a tidal disruption event…
The ZTF comet is coming, don’t miss the chance to see it!
Discovered on March 2 of last year from the Mount Palomar Observatory, the comet ZTF is these days entering the…
A Strange Object Orbits The Milky Way’s Black Hole Every 70 Minutes
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object, which they believe is a giant hot bubble of gas around the Milky Way’s…
Astronomers just found 20 NEW Moons orbiting an Alien-World in our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered 20 new moons around Saturn, bringing the total to 82. This outnumbers Jupiter, which previously held the…