Looks can be deceiving. The light from an incandescent bulb seems steady, but it flickers 120 times per second. Because the brain only perceives an average of the information it receives, this flicke… [+3997 chars]
Wringing wet cloth in space: Astronaut demonstrates water's fascinating property Jun 23, 2022, 10:59 am2 min read A video showing astronaut Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, wringing a w… [+1703 chars]
Artist’s impression of the red giant star VY Canis Majoris. VY Canis Majoris is located about 3,009 light-years from Earth and is probably the most massive star in the Milky Way. Image Credit: NASA/E… [+5798 chars]
A newly discovered supercluster of galaxies is so distant that astronomers say its light has been traveling for over twelve billion years to reach telescopes on Earth. But this cluster, named SPT2349… [+3574 chars]
All things considered, Jupiter seems like a pretty scary place. More than 300 times bigger than Earth (and twice the size of all the rest of our solar system’s planets combined), the King of Planets … [+1457 chars]
Astronomers have successfully traced the violent and disastrous development of Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbor, by analyzing the makeup and motion of more than 500 stars within the nearby ga… [+1288 chars]
A new class of stellar systems has been identified, they're not quite galaxies and only exist in isolation, according to the researchers at University of Arizona. The new stellar systems contain onl… [+5136 chars]
In a new global study of more than 46,000 species of trees, an international team of researchers has shown that many tree species are under substantial pressure and poorly protected. The research tea… [+5150 chars]
Samples of Asteroid Ryugu suggest that its leftover from the formation of the sun billions of years ago. Hayabusa2, an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agen… [+2203 chars]
When you think of echolocation, you probably think of bats or dolphins. But echolocation has also been used as a way for blind people to navigate, too. Despite the skill’s usefulness, few blind peopl… [+2716 chars]
A team of researchers working at Lund University in Sweden has found that despite their drab appearance in daylight, moths have a wide variety of bright coloring when viewed using an infrared camera.… [+2497 chars]
The sun is one of the top 10 space objects to see during the day. Image via EarthSky Facebook friend Janet Furlong. What are the top 10 space objects to see during the day? Some are easy, others are… [+12533 chars]
