An international team of astronomers has discovered a giant ‘bubble’ of galaxies, measuring one billion light-years across, in the nearby universe. Team member Dr Cullan Howlett from The University of…
Category: Astronomy
Recipes for Origin of Life Point to Distant, Inhabited Planets
Life on a faraway planet — if it’s out there — might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe’s…
Virtual Solar System Transforms Learners Into Astronauts
A new method of exploration Instead of using virtual reality headsets, this experience utilizes handheld tablets that serve as windows into the virtual space. “When you’re wearing virtual reality goggles,…
Sentinel-1 Reveals Shifts From Morocco Earthquake
Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September, satellite data have been made available through the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ to help emergency response teams on…
Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery
The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
Solar Orbiter: Solution to a 65-Year-Old Solar Mystery
The Sun’s atmosphere is called the corona. It consists of an electrically charged gas known as plasma with a temperature of around one million degrees Celsius. Its temperature is an…
Webb Confirms Accuracy of Universe’s Expansion Rate Measured by Hubble, Deepens Mystery of Hubble Constant Tension
The rate at which the universe is expanding, known as the Hubble constant, is one of the fundamental parameters for understanding the evolution and ultimate fate of the cosmos. However,…
Methane and CO2 Found in Habitable-Zone Exoplanet
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge has used data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18…
“1,000 Year-Old Alien Corpses” in Mexico: Simple Reason Why This is Not True
Recently, a news story about the alleged ancient ‘alien remains’ dating back 1,000 years appeared on multiple online websites. But if you are skeptical about this particular ‘discovery‘, you are…
The Lunar Alarm Clock: New Study Characterizes Regular Moonquakes
Every morning and afternoon, like clockwork, the surface of the Moon trembles with tiny “moonquakes.” Now, new analysis of seismic activity on the Moon has characterized these events and discovered…
