Imagine this, but more than 100 of them fall into a star cluster. Of all the things you’ll find hidden in your cosmic backyard, you…
The five most shocking discoveries on Mars
Despite advances in science, Mars, the fourth planet in the Solar System, is still full of secrets that attract the attention of scientists. On July…
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…
The “three-body problem” is about to be solved with Artificial Intelligence
It is 300 years since Isaac Newton formulated the laws that allow us to know exactly where a planet or any celestial object will be…
The Greatest Mysteries of Uranus
Uranus glows gorgeously in x-rays. NASA More than a billion and a half away from Earth looms a huge cyan world with a dangerous name:…
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…
Astronomers discover new phenomenon as white dwarf star switches ‘on and off’ in 30 minutes / news. sky. com /
Astronomers have discovered a new cosmic phenomenon in which a white dwarf star has been switching “off and on”, with its brightness dipping and strengthening…