Stellar Winds, Magnetic Activity, and Evaporating Exoplanet Atmospheres
Most stars including the Sun generate magnetic activity that drives a fast-moving, ionized wind and also produces X-ray and ultraviolet…
Astrophysics
What is the edge of the Solar System and where is it?
4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System was born from the protoplanetary disk that orbited our Sun, when it was…
What is an Active galactic nucleus?
Active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much-higher-than-normal luminosity over…
A New Understanding of Galaxy Evolution with NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in the mid-2020s, it will revolutionize astronomy by providing a panoramic field…
The Venus unknown strangeness
In the Solar System there is a very special planet, where the day lasts more than a whole year! In…
Black holes can exert negative pressure on the environment
Since the discovery of Hawking radiation, physicists have known that black holes are not a big “nothing”, or the end…
Five key facts on Inspiration4 space mission
SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit…
“Internet Apocalypse”: Solar superstorm can wreak havoc for months!
A new study reveals that, in addition to drastically affecting traditional electrical networks and communications, a coronal mass ejection –…
Types of Black holes – an overview
Black holes are defined as the astronomical bodies from which nothing not even light can escape. Concept of black hole…
400 years later, Kepler’s Supernova debris continues at high speed!
416 years ago, light from the supernova SN 1604 (or Kepler’s Supernova), first observed by the celebrated astronomer Johannes Kepler,…