The Orion Nebula is a favourite among stargazers, certainly one of mine. It’s a giant stellar…
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Apollo Samples Contain Hydrogen Hurled from the Sun
According to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, men should drink 3.7litres of…
Next Generation Space Telescopes Could Use Deformable Mirrors to Image Earth-Sized Worlds
Observing distant objects is no easy task, thanks to our planet’s thick and fluffy atmosphere. As…
The Early Universe Had No Problem Making Barred Spiral Galaxies
Spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are like cosmic snowflakes—no two are exactly alike. For many…
NASA Tests its Next-Generation Mars Helicopter Blades
While NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to break records for both airspeed and altitude while it…
Ariane 6 Fires its Engines, Simulating a Flight to Space
Since 2010, the European aerospace manufacturer ArianeGroup has been developing the Ariane 6 launch vehicle, a…
Where are All the Double Planets?
A recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society examines formation mechanisms…
Dark Matter Could Help Solve the Final Parsec Problem of Black Holes
When galaxies collide, their supermassive black holes enter into a gravitational dance, gradually orbiting each other…
What Would Happen to Earth if a Rogue Star Came Too Close?
Stars are gravitationally fastened to their galaxies and move in concert with their surroundings. But sometimes,…
Vera Rubin Will Find Binary Supermassive Black Holes. Here’s How.
When galaxies merge, we expect them to produce binary black holes (BBHs.) BBHs orbit one another…