Want to go on a galactic treasure hunt?
Data known as spectra from NASA’s Webb Telescope make it easy to find – and match up – cosmic prizes!…
Astrophysics
The unusual supernova 1987A
The Great Magellanic Cloud is 168,000 light years away, and on the night of February 23, 1987, astronomers Ian Shelton…
Earth just received a radio signal sent from a galaxy that is 9 billion light years away
It is the first time that scientists have detected a signal that originates from another galaxy located 9 billion light…
Active Galaxy NGC 1275
Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies. Wild-looking…
Asteroid 2023 BU Will Brush The Earth’s Atmosphere Today
The asteroid 2023 BU, which is now traveling toward Earth and will pass incredibly near to it on January 26,…
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…
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?…