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…
The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever seen rotates once every 25 seconds /sciencenews. org/
The sun turns once a month and the Earth once a day, but a white dwarf star 2,000 light-years away spins every 25 seconds, beating…
An ancient mystery about the Sun may save the planet from devastating geomagnetic storms
Credit – Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory A new study led by the University of Sydney in Australia and involving US specialists could provide a robust…
Venera 13 images of the surface of Venus
The soil of Venus photographed by Venera 13 (USSR) On March 1, 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 probe sent the image below these lines. She…
Observations of Exploding Star in ‘Real Time’ Deemed a Major Step Towards Predicting Supernovas / gizmodo. com/
Big-badda-boom: Supernova SN 2020fqv.Image: NASA, ESA, Ryan Foley (UC Santa Cruz), Joseph DePasquale (STScI) A star located 60 million light years away went supernova last year,…
Black holes belch out intergalactic smoke /cosmosmagazine. com/
Astronomers have just watched the evolution of streamers of gas around an active black hole – and they look a bit like the smoke produced…
Stunning supernova remnant looks like Pac-Man gulping down stars / space. com/
The supernova remnant N 63 A in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Pac-Man. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/HEIC and The Hubble…
Black hole riddles: the more we find, the less we know
Source: Kristof Wesely/Wikimedia Commons New data on the object found 57 years ago in Cygnus X-1 forces us to review the models of mass loss by…
A telescope manages to capture the first image of several planets revolving around a star similar to the Sun
Star TYC 8998-760-1 (with its light blocked) and its two exoplanets (marked with arrows). The other bright spots are stars in the background The Very…
Quantum gravity would be hidden in black holes
Astronomers in the UK have discovered that black holes can become the gateway to quantum gravity, considered the holy grail of New Physics. They have…