Data captured by ESA’s galaxy-mapping spacecraft Gaia has revealed for the first time how white…
Browsing: Space
Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
Before the scientific discoveries made using ESO telescopes can find themselves on your screen, they…
Many stars explode as luminous supernovae when, swollen with age, they run out of fuel…
Pulse pattern suggests distant black hole must be spinning at least at 50 percent the…
A brief and unusual flash spotted in the night sky on June 16, 2018, puzzled…
Researchers have discovered the brightest quasar yet known, detected from the period when the universe’s…
Nuzzled in the chest of the constellation Virgo (the Virgin) lies a beautiful cosmic gem — the…
Galaxy mergers—in which two galaxies join together over billions of years in sometimes-dramatic bursts of…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found three confirmed exoplanets, or worlds beyond our…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar…
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of a close…
The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula is preventing more new…
It might appear featureless and unexciting at first glance, but NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations…
Scientists have found evidence that dark matter can be heated up and moved around, as…
New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud…
Most galaxies host supermassive black holes at their nuclei, each with millions or billions of…
Data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which explored the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s…