From the JWST – Young Star Cluster NGC 346
The most massive young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud is NGC 346, embedded in our small satellite galaxy’s…
Astrophysics
New map reveals details of the Milky Way’s magnetic structure
An international team of scientists led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has produced a new map of the…
Star’s Mysterious Orbit Around Black Hole Proves Einstein Was Right— Again
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has passed another test. Researchers have discovered a slight adjustment in the orbit of…
Earth hit by massive blast of energy after two stars collide lightyears away
Scientists believe that a massive blast of energy detected on Earth could have come from the dramatic collision of two…
NGC 3293 Open star cluster
NGC 3293 (also known as RCW 51, Gum 30, and Cr 224) is an open star cluster located at a…
Explore the Crab Nebula: A Supernova Remnant
Embark on an intriguing journey through the cosmos with the expert team at FreeAstroScience.com. Our mission is to unravel the…
THE DIVERSITY OF OPEN CLUSTERS
Open clusters are groups of relatively young stars formed by the same molecular cloud and bound by mutual gravitational interactions….
Dark Side of the Universe is Way More Mysterious Than the Light Side
In “Star Wars” lore, the dark side and the light side of the Force are always at odds with each…
The strangeness of the Kepler 36 system
At 1500 light years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Cygnus there is a very particular planetary…
Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins
How does your favorite planet spin? Does it spin rapidly around a nearly vertical axis, or horizontally, or backwards? This…