What are these tracks in Orion?
They are reflections of sunlight from various Earth-orbiting satellites. Appearing to the naked eye as a series of successive dots…
Astrophysics
Space weather events
A new approach to analyzing magnetic tangles in the Sun has illustrated how energy is injected into the solar atmosphere…
THE GIVING AND RECEIVING OF MEGA FLAME OF STARS
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them – including the Sun and Earth – may be even…
Where stars born
It has long been known that stars form from clouds of gas and dust. However, the mechanisms underlying star formation…
A cosmic bag full of coal
Part of the Coal Bag Nebula seen up close Dark spots almost completely block a rich star field. The dark…
BLACK HOLE WITH HEART ARRHYTHMIA
The supermassive black holes identified at the center of most galaxies can be compared to a heart. They, through the…
High-speed stars confirm relativity
General relativity tells us that light will be affected by gravity. This so-called space-time curvature has just been observed in…
Vampire Stars, Type Ia Supernovae, and How to Fathom Galactic Distances
Scientists can find distances to far-flung galaxies in the Universe by studying the dimness of Type Ia supernovae, which give…
What is a Carbon planet?
Carbon planet is a theoretical type of planet that contains more carbon than oxygen. Carbon is the fourth most abundant…
Galaxies Collisions
The animation depicts the moments when two galaxies collide with each other. Galaxies’ own gravity draws them together to collide…