Anomalies in the dissolution of star clusters defy Newton’s law of gravity
Star formation occurs mainly in dense clusters, but during their lifetime most of them are found alone or in pairs….
Astrophysics
Earth Could Be Killed by the Collision of Two Neutron Stars
It seems to be a relatively rare phenomenon that two neutron stars in close orbit collide. In the entire Milky…
The Planet X may not be a planet
The mysterious Planet X, said to be somewhere beyond the orbit of Pluto, has so far eluded all our efforts…
Magnetic field of the most distant galaxy ever detected
Using the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) radio interferometer, we detected the magnetic field of a galaxy identified as 9io9,…
Discovery of cosmic strings: evidence for the existence of defects in the universe
A team of astrophysicists has announced that they have found evidence for the existence of cosmic strings, which are hypothesized…
Interstellar, the scientific explanation, on the way we like
Can one talk about science from science fiction? Of course we can. Today we are going to talk about a…
Captured radio signal from 8 billion years ago – the farthest ever detected (and one of the most powerful)
A very distant burst of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond has been detected by an international team….
How did the Earth form?
Today we explain, in our own way, the birth of our blue planet. Earth, our fascinating blue planet, has a…
NGC 6717: A Spectacular Globular Cluster in Sagittarius
NGC 6717 a fascinating celestial object also referred to as Cr 395 ESO 523 14 and GCI 105 is a…
How does gravity act on other planets?
Gravity is the fundamental force that holds our solar system together and influences the way in which all of us…