Image credit: Hubble Possibly both had inside them two stars orbiting each other, which with their disappearance created that kind of “pinwheels” of gas and…
This is how will be our collision with Andromeda
A spectacular new image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the collision of three distant galaxies shows us how the Milky Way, our own galaxy,…
Huge deposits of life-precursor molecules discovered on formation planets
Artist’s concept of a protoplanetary disk around a star (left) and the “soup” of organic molecules in the disk (right). Image via M.Weiss/ CfA. A series…
The mysterious radio signal in the center of the Milky Way that scientists want to understand
The center of the Milky Way galaxy, imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras .. NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al. It could be…
Dione: a small moon with an inner ocean?
Saturn’s rings and one of its moons, Dione (Cassini). Even the little frozen satellites of the outer solar system harbor interesting secrets. Saturn has more…
Perseverance collects the first sample of Mars
Image credit: NASA Perseverance collects the first sample of MarsThose responsible for the NASA explorer project, which landed on the planet almost seven months ago,…
What is hidden in the heart of our galaxy? The story of our supermassive black hole
Image credit: LIGO/CALTECH/MIT/SONOMA STATE (AURORE SIMONNET) It was not easy to deduce the existence of black holes, and even less to discover that the center…
This will be our collision with Andromeda
Hubble Space Telescope image of the Andromeda galaxy M31 (credit: NASA, ESA) A spectacular new image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the collision of…
Can a primordial black hole collide with Earth?Although perhaps the appropriate verb is not “crash”, but “dive.”
Can a primordial black hole collide with Earth?Although perhaps the appropriate verb is not “crash”, but “dive.”At the beginning of the 20th century, it was…
Astronomers discover how to power a supermassive black hole
Image credit: Astry / ASZ Astronomers discover how to power a supermassive black holeScientists seek to understand how black holes wake up and, after a…