This spectacular picture of the Sh2-284 nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Sh2-284 is a star formation region, and at…
Category: Planetary Science
Researchers model and test ground conditions on the moon
On the moon, the landscape covered in what is called regolith—a mixture of dust, larger particles, and fragments. Credit: NASA From 1967 to 1972, the American space agency NASA conducted…
Our galaxy’s black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers
The first ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole that sit at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. The supermassive black hole lurking at the center of…
SpaceX tender offer values it at around $150bn: report
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at a price that lifts its valuation to around $150 billion, according to a Bloomberg News…
Hubble glimpses globular cluster NGC 6544
Credit: NASA The teeming stars of the globular cluster NGC 6544 glisten in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This cluster of tightly bound stars lies more than…
New gravitational waves observation run to reveal more of the universe’s secrets
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new observation run to search for ripples in space-time generated by colliding black holes and other extreme cosmic events will take gravitational wave astronomy to…
Astronomers discover new mini-Neptune exoplanet
The phase-folded and binned transit light curve of TOI-2018 b. Credit: Dai et al, 2023 An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a…
Europe’s Euclid space telescope to launch on July 1
The ESA’s Euclid mission will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing more than a third of the sky. The European Space Agency said on Wednesday its space telescope…
Exploring Stephan’s Quintet with multiple senses
Take a multiwavelength tour of Stephan’s Quintet, learning how we study the same object with different wavelengths of light. When combined, telescopes’ observations can provide different information and clues about…
