An Unknown Force Is Pulling The Milky Way And Other Galaxies Towards Itself At 12 Million Mph
We don’t know why a hundred thousand galaxies, including our own, are being dragged into a region of space we can’t see. Astronomers refer to this as…
Gamma ray bursts may provide insight into the rate of the universe’s expansion
It may be possible to use the brightest events in the universe, gamma ray bursts, to measure cosmic distances – which could help researchers figure out the…
A black hole and a star have just validated a very weird Einsteinian idea
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has aced another test. Following nearly 3 decades of monitoring, researchers have detected a subtle shift in the orbit of the…
Supernova Seen by 12th Century Chinese Astronomers Identified in Deep Space
To date, astronomers have discovered only one other supernova remnant of this rare type. Astronomers have found a supernova remnant that was noticed in the sky back…
Finding the crater where a meteorite from Mars was expelled by impact
Researchers used a supercomputer to analyse thousands of images of craters on Mars to find one that matched the properties of an unusual rock Space 12 July 2022…
Dust in a distant galaxy is transformed into a purple swirl in a stunning JWST photograph
A beautiful image of the spiral galaxy NGC 628, produced using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, may provide insights into how dust behaves in space…
‘Pale blue dot’ planets like Earth may make up only 1% of potentially habitable worlds
Earth-like worlds with similar land-to-ocean ratios to our planet’s may be exceedingly rare. According to a new study, Earth-like planets with about 30% of their surface covered…
Big Bounce Simulations Challenge the Big Bang
The conventional story of the universe’s creation goes somewhat like this: nearly 14 billion years ago, a tremendous amount of energy materialized as if from nowhere. In…
Astronomers received Radio signals Coming From Planet in the Boötes Constellation
A team of astronomers led by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Jake D. Turner, Philippe Zarka of the Observatoire de Paris-Paris Sciences et Lettres University, and Jean-Mathias Griessmeier of…
Just now, a Giant Comet Entered Our Inner Solar System and is Moving Toward Earth
A massive comet that is nearing the end of its multimillion-year trip to the sun has reached the inner solar system and will make its closest approach…