[ad_1] On the left is an image of the Jewel Bug Nebula (NGC 7027) captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and released in 2020. Further analysis by the researchers produced the RGB image on the right, which shows the extinction due to dust, as deduced from the relative strength of two hydrogen emission … Read more
[ad_1] At the center of the Milky Way is the largest object we can be sure of: a supermassive black hole (SMBH) four million times more massive than the sun. Physicists believe these enormous singularities can grow to even larger sizes if they have eaten up a galaxy large enough. The highest estimates are in … Read more
[ad_1] “The system exists against all odds,” said Brian Powell, a data scientist at NASA’s High Energy Astrophysics Archives Research Center of the source of the starlight that mysteriously illuminated and dimmed at about 1,900 light years. The source, named TIC 168789840, is a system of three pairs of binary stars: three different stellar couplets … Read more
[ad_1] New discoveries await assiduous paleontologists. For proof, look no further than Jakob Vinther, a scientist from the University of Bristol in England, who recently unveiled what may be the first example of a non-avian dinosaur butt in the field. The research, which was published in the journal Current biology, provides an inside glimpse of … Read more
[ad_1] A new composite image of Jupiter’s atmosphere shows a bright hot spot in infrared wavelengths. Astronomers and amateur image processors have combined NASA data Juno Spaceship to Jupiter and the Gemini North Telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, to create the epic image. Although researchers have known about Jupiter’s hotspots for over 25 years, views … Read more
[ad_1] Last weekend, authorities discovered the carcass of a huge fin whale in the Mediterranean Sea. The fin whale, or Balaenoptera physalus, is the second largest animal species on Earth. It was 65 feet long and reportedly weighing over 77 tons, one of the largest ever discovered. The length and estimated weight make it one … Read more
[ad_1] A new study describes a cloudless exoplanet resembling Jupiter.Drawing: M. Weiss / Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian Nearly 600 lightsyears from Earth, the exoplanet known as WASP-62b is whipping its host star at a breakneck pace. The planet is a hot Jupiter, and despite its gaseous constitution, its atmosphere is completely cloudless., … Read more
[ad_1] A Finnish scientist, Dr Pekka Janhunen, said with enthusiasm that humans could live on giant orbs floating in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter by 2026. According to the New York Post report, Janhunen also predicted that millions of people could inhabit the space megalopolis in the next 15 years. Janhunen is an … Read more
[ad_1] If “ insanely large ” black holes, those with a mass over 100 billion times that of the Sun, exist in the Universe, they would provide a powerful tool for cosmological testing due to their unique fingerprints, according to one article published in the Monthly notices from the Royal Astronomical Society. Carr et al. … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX’s attempt to launch a record 143 satellites on a single Falcon 9 rocket was halted on Saturday due to poor weather conditions. “Due to adverse weather conditions, we are withdrawing from today’s launch,” the Elon Musk-owned company said in a tweet. NASA’S TEST FOR ‘WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET’ HAS COMPONENTS FAILURE “Another launch … Read more