Clouds around our local supermassive black hole
This image taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) shows the region surrounding Sagittarius A* , the supermassive black…
Astrophysics
A connection between life on Earth and supernovae, mediated by the effect of cosmic rays on clouds and weather
In a new research paper published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters by lead researcher Dr Henrik Svensmark of…
Strange Radio Waves Detected from The Galactic Center
What arises out of nowhere in the sky, emits random radio signals, and then vanishes for months? Astronomers have been…
One of the largest hydrogen filaments ever seen in the Milky Way is discovered
The Milky Way has a large filament of gaseous atomic hydrogen. The structure, nicknamed “Maggie”, is about 55,000 light-years from…
A ghostly jellyfish, raised from the dead
Galaxy clusters are the largest known structures in the universe held together by gravity. In addition to harboring thousands of…
Coldest known place in the Universe resembles ghost shape
Boomerang Nebula is 5,000 light-years from Earth. Its temperature is -272ºC, just above absolute zero. Astronomers at the Alma Observatory…
The Sun is made of plasma
This image covers an area 22,600 miles wide on the Sun’s surface, covered in plasma divided into “cells” (Image: NSO/NSF/AURA)…
What is the Baryogenesis?
Baryogenesis is the physical process that is hypothesized to have taken place during the early universe to produce baryonic asymmetry,…
This galaxy has no dark matter. Find out why this shocks astronomers!
A galaxy without dark matter was measured for the second time and scientists confirmed: there is no sign of the…
Hot, dense iron exoplanet discovered 31 light-years from Earth
Called GJ 367b, it’s about the size of Mars and takes just 8 hours to make a complete loop around…