A * . : / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. / (Spaceengine) : M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) 2020: “ GNIRS ”. “ .” 27000 Sgr A * 4.3 . – Sgr A *[3] – It has been difficult to prove definitively that the major… [+11188 chars]
Humanity has only had the ability to photograph the entire Earth from space since the late 1950s. Before then, no one had seen the Earth from space. Seeing our world from such a vantage point has bee… [+3065 chars]
The Milky Way’s largest star is slowly dying, and all astronomers can do is watch. Of course, even if we could get to VY Canis Majoris, there isn’t much we could do to stop the death of a star. In th… [+2867 chars]
Our solar system is home to a number of strange, intriguing moons. Perhaps one of the most intriguing moons in the solar system is Saturns moon, Enceladus. Enceladus was discovered by the astronomer … [+4002 chars]
Once a star forms, its days are numbered. Every star will eventually cease to exist, with the outcome dependent upon the mass of a star. For stars that are the same mass of our sun or smaller, they w… [+3700 chars]
Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would weigh almost one billion tons, and they have magnetic fields that are hundreds of… [+4013 chars]
ByColumbia Climate SchoolJuly 1, 2022 With a lava flow in the distance, a primitively feathered theropod dinosaur carries off a mammalian victim during a snowy volcanic winter caused by massive erup… [+11369 chars]
A Solar and Heliospheric Observatory image shows Region 486 that unleashed a record flare last week ... [+] (lower left) November 18, 2003 on the sun. The spot itself cannot yet be seen but large, ho… [+7183 chars]
The universe is unimaginably gigantic. The observable universe is estimated to be around 93 billion light years across. It is impossible for the human mind to truly grasp just how vast the universe i… [+3106 chars]
A unique ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered in the outer fringes of the Andromeda Galaxy ... [+] thanks to the sharp eyes of an amateur astronomer examining archival data from the US Depart… [+3048 chars]
A close-up image of one of the new crystals taken using an electron microscope. (Image credit: Taskaev et al.) (opens in new tab)Researchers have discovered never-before-seen types of crystal hidden… [+4268 chars]
Question of the week: Does science indicate if black holes have limited life spans like the burning times of stars or will they consume surrounding matter and energy forever? My answer: In 1974, the… [+2166 chars]
