Astronomers have studied the makeup and velocity of more than 500 stars in Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbour, to track its turbulent and tragic evolution. Andromeda, located 2.5 million ligh… [+1461 chars]
Despite recent headlines, NASAs venerable Voyager craft isnt shutting down quite yet but in two months, the team that manages the iconic mission will make decisions about what to do with dwindling … [+4410 chars]
A massive comet -- nearly twice as large as the tallest mountain on the planet, Mount Everest -- is on its way towards Earth and the inner solar system, according to a report by BGR. Lev Savitskiy/P… [+1747 chars]
A long-standing question in nuclear physics is whether chargeless nuclear systems can exist. Only neutron stars represent near-pure neutron systems, where neutrons are squeezed together by the gravit… [+6222 chars]
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Shaw Illustration of a mysterious spiral object Astronomers peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy orbiting a star. The star – which li… [+2268 chars]
Scientists have got their hands on one of the most detailed images of a dying star, that too of probably the largest one in our galaxy -- VY Canis Majoris, as per a report by The Independent. NASA/E… [+2145 chars]
Eye on the sky The BOOTES 6 telescope at the Boyden Observatory in Bloemfontein will search for transient events. (Courtesy: Emilio Jesus Carcia)" width="635" height="423" /> Eye on the sky Th… [+2539 chars]
NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid of the same name was supposed to launch this Sep… [+2268 chars]
The US space agency has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test.The agency will now roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (V… [+1809 chars]
It's real fun to observe astronauts in space bouncing around in zero gravity. Though we theoretically know that space does not have gravity, actually seeing zero gravity in action is amusing nonethel… [+1171 chars]
Two million tons of TNT: that’s the equivalent of a meteorite impact in October 2021. It produced a burst of light sufficient to be from Earth.Astronomer Ko Arimatsu and his colleagues from theUniver… [+2015 chars]
