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Scanning the Dark Universe, Euclid Finds Scenes of Cosmic Light
Scanning the Dark Universe, Euclid Finds Scenes of Cosmic Light By Katrina Miller Euclid, a European Space Agency telescope launched into space last summer, finally showed off what it’s capable of with a batch of breathtaking images and early science results released Thursday. The telescope will help astronomers make sense of two of the universe’s…
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Amateur astronomer finds 5 fascinating new galaxies — and they’re now named after him
An amateur astronomer from Italy has discovered five new dwarf galaxies around a distant spiral galaxy — a spiral that’s one of the largest galaxies in the sky over Earth. His name is Giuseppe Donatiello, and those five dwarf galaxies are now named Donatiello V, Donatiello VI, Donatiello VII, Donatiello VIII, and Donatiello IX (Do V,…
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JWST data reveal interior structure of puffy exoplanet
<a href="https://physicsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/22-05-24-JHU_wasp-107-b-interior.jpg" data-fancybox data-src="https://physicsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/22-05-24-JHU_wasp-107-b-interior.jpg" data-caption="Interior view Artist’s concept of the exoplanet WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. (Courtesy: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University)”> Interior view Artist’s concept of the exoplanet WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. (Courtesy: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University) With a puffy…
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Introducing students to astronomy through space technology
PS:Dunya News Islamabad: The federal government has announced a new initiative to introduce school children to the wonders of astronomy through the integration of space technology. According to sources, the Ministry of Education has commenced efforts to promote astronomy in public schools across Islamabad. The Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mohiuddin Wani has issued…
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Katara Space Science Programme launched
Katara – the Cultural Village has announced the launch of the Katara Space Sciences Programme, targeting students, researchers, and community members. The programme is aimed at increasing awareness and education in space and astronomy sciences and promote scientific research, in collaboration with a group of space scientists from around the world. The announcement was made…
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The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Or Graur is an associate professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, an honorary associate professor at University College London (UCL), and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.…
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Comet Fragment Explodes in Dark Skies Over Spain and Portugal
A brilliant flash of blue, green and white on Saturday night came from a shard of an as yet unidentified comet that was moving around 100,000 miles per hour, experts said. A bright object broke up in Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday night, illuminating night skies over parts of Spain and Portugal. Experts say it was…
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Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet that is showered with so much radiation, its atmosphere eroded away long ago, leaving it bare. Life as we know it can’t exist on this blistering world, but astronomers are interested in it for another reason: For the first time, they may be able to study the geology of…
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Why a giant ‘cold spot’ in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers
Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don’t know how to fix it. It’s the cold spot. It’s just way too big and way too cold. Astronomers aren’t sure what it is, but they mostly agree that it’s worth investigating. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) was generated when our universe…
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a twisted ‘train-wreck’ galaxy that may hide a cosmic illusion
What it is: NGC 4753, a lenticular galaxy Where it is: 60 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo When it was shared: May 13, 2024 Why it’s so special: This is the best-ever image of NGC 4753, a galaxy with uniquely distorted dust lanes that have led some people to nickname it the…
