The moon is known for its gray, pockmarked appearance. But did you know that if you point a telescope at a satellite next to our planet, you will also see bright spots on the lunar surface? Since these strange phenomena, known as lunar whirls, were first noticed in the 17th century, scientists have wondered where … Read more
One of the surprising discoveries of the Webb telescope is an early population of compact red galaxies at redshifts above 7, a time when the universe was 20 times younger than it is today. The galaxies are redder than expected based on their cosmological redshift, suggesting additional reddening by a layer of dust. Some of … Read more
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The remarkable aurora in early May of this year showed the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something much more destructive. These explosions of protons, which come directly from the sun’s surface and are known as “solar particle events,” can … Read more
Lunar vortices are mysterious, light-colored, winding structures on the lunar surface that extend for hundreds of kilometers. These intriguing patterns, visible even from a backyard telescope, have for years defied a simple explanation. Recent research suggests that the swirls may be magnetized by invisible magmas beneath the moon’s surface. New insights into lunar vortices Recent … Read more
The remarkable aurora in early May of this year showed the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something much more destructive. These explosions of protons, fired directly from the sun’s surface and shooting out into space like a searchlight, are known as “solar particle events.” … Read more
New research into ripples in the fabric of spacetime suggests that a nearly 2,000-year-old cosmic calculator followed the lunar calendar instead of the solar calendar. The hand-cranked “Antikythera Mechanism” was recovered in pieces from a sunken shipwreck in the Aegean Sea in 1901, sparking more than a century of research into how it was made—and … Read more
A black hole discovered in Cosmic Dawn is simply too big to easily explain. It is located at the center of a galaxy called J1120+0641 and has a mass of over a billion suns. There are larger black holes all around us today. The problem is the when of the existence of J1120+0641. Less than … Read more
Pete Wicks was spotted enjoying the company of a mystery brunette at London’s iconic Chiltern Firehouse on Friday night. The former TOWIE star, 36, stepped out with the unknown stunner after spending the night at the popular hotspot. The duo looked in good spirits as they stepped outside, as the girl was seen covering her … Read more
A galaxy floating next to our own some 380,000 light-years from Earth could provide new clues in the 90-year search for the nature of dark matter, the invisible glue that holds galaxies together. This mysterious substance accounts for more than 80% of the mass of the universe, but has not yet been directly observed. Scientists … Read more
A galaxy orbiting next to our own about 380,000 light-years from Earth could provide new clues in the 90-year search for the nature of dark matter, the invisible glue that holds galaxies together. The mysterious substance is responsible for more than 80% of the universe’s mass, but has yet to be directly detected. Scientists say … Read more