Rare 5-planet alignment comes into better view this week
A rare parade of planets is coming into better view in the second half of June, and even the moon…
Astrophysics
Cosmic dawn ended 200 million years later than cosmologists thought
Using the light from 67 extremely distant quasars, astronomers have calculated that cosmic dawn, the period in which the first…
A black hole caught blowing a gust
Lurking about 70 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Grus, you will find the galaxy NGC 7582…
It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered Another Earth
Astronomers have discovered a planet nearly the same size as Earth that orbits in its star’s habitable zone, where liquid…
Quasar closest to the Milky Way hides unknown structure in its galaxy
An unknown structure, formed by faint radio emissions in a giant galaxy that harbors a quasar, has been detected by…
Uranus and Neptune are similar and different
Uranus and Neptune have much in common. Their mass, size and even atmospheric compositions are similar. Furthermore, the two planets…
UNIVERSE: DEFINITION, ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
What is the Universe? A possible definition of the Universe is that it is everything that influenced us in the…
New laser breakthrough to help understanding of gravitational waves
Gravitational wave scientists from The University of Western Australia have led the development of a new laser mode sensor with…
4-BILLION-YEAR-OLD RELIC FROM THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM IS HEADED THIS WAY
Denizens of deep space, comets are among the oldest objects in the solar system. These icy “Lego blocks” are leftover…
The Galactic orbits
The Earth and all the other planets orbit around the Sun. However, our star does not remain stationary in space:…