A new model of the Universe suggests that modifying Newton’s theory of gravity could do away with the need for dark matter. The model instead…
Newborn stars create bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula
NASA / JPL-Caltech It is located in the Milky Way and is between 4,200 and 5,500 light years from Earth. An image of the Cat’s…
ASTRONOMERS MAY HAVE discovered a planet in a distant galaxy. / inverse. com/
The location of putative planet M51-ULS-1b.X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. DiStefano, et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Grendler Astronomers identified the possible exoplanet, M51-ULS-1b, because its transit blocked X-ray radiation from…
Jaw-Dropping Direct Image Shows a Baby Exoplanet Over 400 Light-Years Away / sciencealert. com/
The direct image of exoplanet 2M0437b. (Subaru Telescope) …It’s named 2M0437b, and it’s one of the youngest exoplanets for which we have ever obtained a direct…
The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever seen rotates once every 25 seconds /sciencenews. org/
The sun turns once a month and the Earth once a day, but a white dwarf star 2,000 light-years away spins every 25 seconds, beating…
An ancient mystery about the Sun may save the planet from devastating geomagnetic storms
Credit – Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory A new study led by the University of Sydney in Australia and involving US specialists could provide a robust…
Venera 13 images of the surface of Venus
The soil of Venus photographed by Venera 13 (USSR) On March 1, 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 probe sent the image below these lines. She…
Observations of Exploding Star in ‘Real Time’ Deemed a Major Step Towards Predicting Supernovas / gizmodo. com/
Big-badda-boom: Supernova SN 2020fqv.Image: NASA, ESA, Ryan Foley (UC Santa Cruz), Joseph DePasquale (STScI) A star located 60 million light years away went supernova last year,…
Black holes belch out intergalactic smoke /cosmosmagazine. com/
Astronomers have just watched the evolution of streamers of gas around an active black hole – and they look a bit like the smoke produced…
Stunning supernova remnant looks like Pac-Man gulping down stars / space. com/
The supernova remnant N 63 A in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Pac-Man. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC and The Hubble…