A “core-collapse” supernova occurs when the iron core of a massive star collapses under the…
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.
New result draws on 30 years of research and development and begins the definitive search…
Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected…
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in…
On a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey…
A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses…
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile allows astronomers to suppress…
“Sunrise crashes an aurora party over the southern hemisphere,” said astronaut Ricky Arnold of the…
From March 20-23, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured three sequences of our Sun in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6sZ6RGCEQ In this animation, the viewer is taken low over Jupiter’s north pole to illustrate…
Scientists have decoded faint distortions in the patterns of the universe’s earliest light to map…
A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped…
Black holes in dense stellar clusters could combine repeatedly to form objects bigger than anything…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpoZ2QD4-3PATeFxAXK-8uA&v=AuNfBRaywU4 NASA’s InSight to Mars will be the first interplanetary launch from America’s West Coast.…
Saturn’s moon Dione drifts before the planet’s rings, seen here almost edge-on. For all their…
In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour…
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a massive galaxy cluster glowing brightly in the…
This image is packed full of galaxies! A keen eye can spot exquisite elliptical galaxies…