New studies of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot released Thursday have found that while the meteorological phenomenon is deeper than originally thought, it’s largely shaped like…
ASTRONOMERS DISCOVERED A GALAXY SHIPYARD 11 BILLION LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH
An international team of astronomers recently discovered a galaxy shipyard, a structure believed to be a “proto-cluster” of galaxies on its way to becoming a…
New Model of the Universe Does Away With Dark Matter /newsweek. com/
A new model of the Universe suggests that modifying Newton’s theory of gravity could do away with the need for dark matter. The model instead…
Newborn stars create bubbles in the Cat’s Paw Nebula
NASA / JPL-Caltech It is located in the Milky Way and is between 4,200 and 5,500 light years from Earth. An image of the Cat’s…
Behind the maximum darkness of the universe the light hides
As Einstein predicted in his theory of relativity, behind supermassive black holes there is light. This has been verified for the first time by astronomers…
ASTRONOMERS MAY HAVE discovered a planet in a distant galaxy. / inverse. com/
The location of putative planet M51-ULS-1b.X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. DiStefano, et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Grendler Astronomers identified the possible exoplanet, M51-ULS-1b, because its transit blocked X-ray radiation from…
Einstein’s Equivalence Principle verified for the first time in quasars
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Scientists from the University of Granada and the Instituto de Astrophysical de Canarias have been able to measure…
Jaw-Dropping Direct Image Shows a Baby Exoplanet Over 400 Light-Years Away / sciencealert. com/
The direct image of exoplanet 2M0437b. (Subaru Telescope) …It’s named 2M0437b, and it’s one of the youngest exoplanets for which we have ever obtained a direct…
ROLLING THE DICE WITH CHEAPER MISSIONS TO MARS /supercluster. com/
Budgets for large missions run to the billions of dollars. From designing a fool-proof spacecraft, to finally launching it through Earth’s atmosphere, every step is…
More than 100 black holes have been hiding in the Milky Way all this time
Imagine this, but more than 100 of them fall into a star cluster. Of all the things you’ll find hidden in your cosmic backyard, you…