Reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur egg.LIDA XING/ISCIENCE The embryo has been found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg which sheds light on the link between the…
Rea. Saturn Moon
Rhea, discovered on December 23, 1672 by Giovanni Cassini, is the second largest moon of Saturn, but at a distance of 527,000 kilometers from Saturn…
Astronomers discover the most distant quasar ever found
An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar to date. The quasar is known as J0313-1806 and is so far away that…
Boötes Void: What is This Patch of Space With Few Stars?
Gas cloud Barnard 68 gives us an idea of what a space void might look like if we could peer through the stars at one.…
Why are the snowflakes symmetrical and hexagonal?
There are more than eighty different varieties of snow, but all of them are made up of perfectly symmetrical and hexagonal flakes and, in addition,…
If black holes suck it all up, what do they do with it?
Black holes remain mysterious objects that fascinate both the general public and scientists. Many of the unanswered questions in modern physics are about them. But…
Scientists Solve 40-Year Mystery About Jupiter’s Spectacularly Powerful X-ray Aurora
NASA The south pole of Jupiter by NASA’s Juno spacecraft A research team has solved a decades-long mystery of how Jupiter produces a spectacular burst…
Austrian scientists raise new resolution of the ‘young weak Sun paradox’, the biggest scientific mystery
Illustrative Imagenasa.gov In the 20th century, astronomers established that stars, including the Sun, have shone differently throughout their lives: the younger they were, the less…
What would happen to Earth if Andromeda collided with our galaxy right now?
NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger The end of the Milky Way will be inevitable. Andromeda…
NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona…