1,001st near-Earth asteroidThe video above shows asteroid 2016 AJ193 rotating as it swept past Earth. NASA’s Goldstone’s 70-meter (230-foot) antenna acquired the images on August…
Spacewatch: James Webb telescope finally ready for launch
Image credit: Flickr/NASA/Chris Gunn Nasa has completed the final tests of the James Webb space telescope and is now preparing it for transportation to the launch site…
There are also dry seas and lakes on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon
Infrared image of Titan with the Sun shining on some of its lakes. NASA / JPL The presence of large liquid masses on Titan was…
Astrophotography of the Solar System: the lucky imaging method
Astrophotography of the Solar System: the lucky imaging methodWe generally associate astrophotography or night photography with long or very long exposures. However, there are certain…
NGC 1499: The California Nebula
Image Credit : Bray Falls With the name of NGC 1499 a visible emission nebula is known that can be seen in the constellation of…
They get the first 3D image of the ‘Pillars of Creation’, in the Eagle Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing: Lluis Romero Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have produced the first complete three-dimensional image of the…
Hell’s Gate in Turkmenistan
At first glance, Hell’s Gate is a totally amazing place. That is why it is named after him and reminds us of the scariest stories…
They find ‘The Unicorn’, the closest black hole to Earth
It is located 1,500 light years away, it was unknown to date, and it has been nicknamed that because it is unique. It is one…
What is Pluto?
Pluto is a dwarf planet, that is to say, a celestial body that draws an orbit around the Sun and that its mass is sufficient…
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ASTRONOMY
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ASTRONOMY. – Edwin Hubble (1889-1953). The great epoch of cosmology begins at the beginning of this century with the construction of large…