S5-HVS1: Fastest Star Ejected by Milky Way’s Black Hole
During the period when our ancient ancestors were evolving learning to walk use their hands and create basic tools remarkable…
Astrophysics
PHOTOGRAPHING EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
Amongst all the existing techniques for discovering exoplanets, the most immediate and understandable is to photograph them directly. In theory…
A Giant Galaxy Orbiting Our Own Just Appeared Out of Nowhere
Astronomers watching the sky recently got a big surprise. They discovered a big galaxy in an undiscovered region of our…
M27: THE FIRST PLANETARY NEBULA DISCOVERED
The definition of “planetary nebula” may lead us in error: these objects have nothing to do with the planets of…
Astronomers have recorded the largest shock wave in the universe – it is 60 times larger than the Milky Way
Astronomers managed to get a clear picture of the universe’s largest shock wave in the radio range. The wave, whose…
NASA Just Discovered Pair of Super-Earths With 1,000-Mile-Deep Oceans
The polar ice caps have fully melted and the water level has risen to more than 5 miles, swallowing practically…
Astronomers Have Just Discovered The Largest Galaxy Ever, And It Will Break Your Brain
Astronomers have just found an absolute monster of a galaxy. Alcyoneus is a massive radio galaxy that is around 3…
Weird Energy Beam Just Left A Galaxy Travelling At Five Times the Speed of Light
The ultimate magic trick is being performed by an energy beam that emerges from galaxy M87 like a toothpick in…
The Solar System – Formation and Configuration
Our Solar System is one of over 3,200 known star systems with planets orbiting around them, in the Milky Way…
NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Snacking on Star
Recent observations of a black hole devouring a wandering star may help scientists understand more complex black hole feeding behaviors….