Since astronomers captured the bright explosion of a star on February 24, 1987, researchers have been…
Category: Astronomy
Astronomy
First Black Hole Ever Detected Is More Massive Than We Thought
New observations of the first black hole ever detected have led astronomers to question what they…
The Smallest Galaxies In Our Universe Bbring More About Dark Matter To Light
Our universe is dominated by a mysterious matter known as dark matter. Its name comes from…
Hubble Views The M1-63 Nebula
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully…
Hubble Uncovers A Concentration Of Small Black Holes
Astronomers found something they weren’t expecting at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397: a…
Spectacular Honeycomb Heart Revealed In Iconic Stellar Explosion
A unique ‘heart-shape’, with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered…
Vaporised Crusts Of Earth-like Planets Found In Dying Stars
Remnants of planets with Earth-like crusts have been discovered in the atmospheres of four nearby white…
Astronomers Uncover Mysterious Origins Of Super-Earths
Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our own are the most common…
Study Of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Unveils The Cause Of Its Pulsations
Betelgeuse is normally one of the brightest, most recognizable stars of the winter sky, marking the…
Rare Blast’s Remain Discovered in Milky Way’s Center
Astronomers may have found our galaxy’s first example of an unusual kind of stellar explosion. …