Thanks to recent intense solar storms, aurora borealis have been traveling further than it normally does. Its been seen as far as New York and even some parts of the UK. It looks spectacular from the… [+1040 chars]
UNITED STATES: In 2019, astronomers teamed up to create the most powerful telescope ever, which they dispersed over the globe. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) initially saw a supermassive black hol… [+2763 chars]
Light pollution — light pointlessly being directed in useless directions, usually upward — is a big problem for optical astronomy. The situation for radio astronomy is similar, and as difficult. Our … [+3745 chars]
by Luke Barnes, Miroslav Filipovic, Ray Norris and Velibor Velovi, The ConversationAstronomers at Western Sydney University have discovered one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky. Spanning mo… [+3888 chars]
Tiny fragments of rock brought back from an asteroid in near-Earth solar orbit are so old, they predate the Solar System. A new analysis of samples of asteroid Ryugu has revealed the presence of min… [+3557 chars]
On August 20 1977, 45 years ago, an extraordinary spacecraft left this planet on a journey like no other. Voyager 2 was going to show us, for the first time, what the outer solar system planets looke… [+5597 chars]
Orbit retrievals for an exoplanet after 2 and 3 detections Orbit retrievals for an exoplanet after 2 and 3 detections. The top panel demonstrates orbital retrievals using only astrometry, and the p… [+2780 chars]
A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered that was featured in the 1946 film "It's a Wonderf… [+8048 chars]
Light pollution — light pointlessly being directed in useless directions, usually upward — is a big problem for optical astronomy. The situation for radio astronomy is similar, and as difficult. Our … [+3745 chars]
A spacewalk by a pair of cosmonauts working on the European robotic arm on the International Space Station ended prematurely due to battery power issues. The purpose of the walk by Roscosmos astrona… [+2165 chars]
The discovery of a Neptune-sized exoplanet in orbit around a hot and bright giant star may help explain why the discovery of such worlds is rare. Researchers from the University of California, Berk… [+6326 chars]
1992 – 2022 Global mean sea level has risen 101 millimeters (3.98 inches) since 1992, and it continues to do so at 3.9 mm (0.15 inches) per year. A new satellite was launched by scientists and engi… [+4843 chars]
