An intergalactic scuffle seems to have resulted in the birth of new stars. Astronomers have spotted a large ring of young stars around our galactic neighbour the Large Magellanic Cloud, that probably formed when the Small Magellanic Cloud smashed past its larger sibling.
Category: Astronomy
Hubble spies exocomets’ plunge into star
Interstellar forecast for a nearby star: Raining comets! The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered doomed, wayward comets plunging into the star HD 172555. Artist’s concept of comets speeding across a vast protoplanetary disk of gas and dust, heading straight for the youthful star HD 172555.
Ready Jet Go
READY JET GO! takes viewers ages 3-8 on a journey into outer space, building on children’s curiosity about science, technology and astronomy. “Mission to the Moon” – Sean tells Jet, Sydney, and Mindy about the Apollo 11 mission, and the kids decide to do a real-life reenactment of man’s first mission landing on the Moon! Curriculum: The first manned mission to the Moon took place on July 20, 1969, and the first two humans on the Moon were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
In 2022 we’ll be able to watch an 1,800-year old star collision
A star created 1,800 years ago after the collision of two distant suns is set to appear in the night sky for the first time – as the light from the crash finally reaches the Earth. Scientists predict that for six months in 2022, stargazers will be able to witness the birth of the new star, which formed at the time of the Romans’ war with Scottish tribes, by fixing their telescopes near the Pisces and Cygnus constellations.
Cold case: The unsolved mystery of what lit Kepler’s supernova
The facts of the case are as follows. On the night of 9 October 1604, Europe turned to the south-western sky, where Jupiter, Saturn and Mars were slated to assemble in Sagittarius.
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder finally hits the big-data highway
ASKAP is made of 36 identical 12-metre wide dish antennas that all work together, 12 of which are currently in operation You know how long it takes to pack the car to go on holidays. But there’s a moment when you’re all in, everyone has their seatbelt on, you pull out of the drive and you’re off.
Three ways to die on Venus, and other space facts
Today we call it the “Big Dipper,” but in the year 75000, we may look up in the night sky and admire a constellation known affectionately as the “Big Spatula.” As astronomer Dean Regas explains, that’s because the stars are moving relative to our position here.
‘Beautifully written, touching on science, politics and social…
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
‘Beautifully written, touching on science, politics and social…
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Hubble Looks at Voyager’s Future
Nothing built by humans has ever gotten as far from our planet as Voyager 1, which is now almost 21 billion kilometers from Earth. We’ve talked about the future of both Voyagers before in these pages – Voyager 1 passes within about 1.6 light years of the star Gliese 445 in some 40,000 years, its closest approach to a neighboring star.
Killer Asteroids are Hitting Earth, but NASA has a Plan
Scientists at NASA are closely monitoring an asteroid that could potentially reel towards Earth as it nears orbit. The incoming asteroid called Bennu would have catastrophic effects should it hit Earth, reports showed.
Hubble captures ‘Shadow Play’ caused by possible planet
Washington, Jan 10 : Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They’re so small and faint that it’s hard to spot them.
2017 Total Solar Eclipse: A Magnet for Scientists … and Hordes of People
The 2017 total solar eclipse , which will be visible across the contiguous United States, will be a scientific marvel and a potentially life-changing experience for people who view it. But experts warn that it will also be a logistical nightmare.
NASA’s NuSTAR Spacecraft discovers two nearby Black Holes that have been hidden until now
Monster black holes sometimes lurk behind gas and dust, hiding from the gaze of most telescopes. But they give themselves away when material they feed on emits high-energy X-rays that NASA’s NuSTAR mission can detect.
Top Science Stories This Week
A mighty membrane in our digestive system had been considered a fragmented structure for hundreds of years but it turns out to be single, continuous. Named the mesentery, the structure has been upgraded to an organ.
Hubble creates interstellar road map for future galactic trek
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is creating a road map for the two Voyager spacecraft, that will travel through unexplored territories beyond our solar system, by measuring the material along the probes’ future trajectories. Even after the Voyagers run out of electrical power and are unable to send back new data, which may happen in about a decade, astronomers can use Hubble observations to characterise the environment of through which these silent ambassadors will glide.
Hubble Discovers Comets Plunging onto a Young Star
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets plunging onto the star HD 172555, which is a youthful 23 million years old and resides 95 light-years from Earth. Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Feild and G. Bacon The above illustration image shows several comets speeding across a vast protoplanetary disk of gas and dust and heading straight for the youthful, central star.
Hubble Discovers Comets Plunging onto a Young Star
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets plunging onto the star HD 172555, which is a youthful 23 million years old and resides 95 light-years from Earth. Credits: NASA, ESA, A. Feild and G. Bacon The above illustration image shows several comets speeding across a vast protoplanetary disk of gas and dust and heading straight for the youthful, central star.
Hubble Provides Voyagers an Interstellar Road Map
The circles represent the orbits of the major outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 visited the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
Hubble Provides Voyagers an Interstellar Road Map
The circles represent the orbits of the major outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 visited the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
is the End Nigh? – Friday, 06 January 2017
If you have any plans for Sept. 24, 2017, you may want to put them on hold because the world may end the day before.
is the End Nigh? – Friday, 06 January 2017
If you have any plans for Sept. 24, 2017, you may want to put them on hold because the world may end the day before.
is the End Nigh? – Friday, 06 January 2017
If you have any plans for Sept. 24, 2017, you may want to put them on hold because the world may end the day before.
Chandra image reveals black hole treasure trove
Washington, Jan 6 – NASA said its Chandra X-ray Observatory has obtained an image that gives astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang. This is the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, collected with about eleven and a half weeks of Chandra observing time, the US space agency said in a statement.
NASA’s new mission to study black holes set for 2020 launch
NASA said it plans to launch in 2020 a $188 million mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects, such as stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron stars and pulsars. Objects such as black holes can heat surrounding gases to more than a million degrees.
NASA’s new mission to study black holes set for 2020 launch
NASA said it plans to launch in 2020 a $188 million mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic astronomical objects, such as stellar and supermassive black holes, neutron stars and pulsars. Objects such as black holes can heat surrounding gases to more than a million degrees.
Earth ‘will be destroyed in October 2017’ – and the …
Don’t bother sticking to those New Year’s Resolutions, because in autumn this year, a massive death planet is about to hit our planet, killing us all. Or at least that’s what ‘researcher’ David Meade, author of ‘Planet X: The 2017 Arrival’ reckons – saying that ‘overwhelming evidence’ proves that a planet will collide with Earth in September or October this year.
Observing highlights for stargazers in 2017
Here is a selection of observing highlights that amateur astronomers and casual stargazers can look forward to during 2017. The total eclipse of the Sun on August 21 is likely to be the astronomical event of the year.
Today in science: Discovery of Ceres
Ceres was the first asteroid ever discovered, in 1801, and it’s still the largest body in the asteroid belt. Nowadays, we call it a dwarf planet, and a spacecraft has been orbiting it! Ceres’ Occator Crater in false colour showing surface composition via NASA’s Dawn spacecraft / JPL/ Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA.
Hubble Gazes at A Cosmic Megamaser
This galaxy has a far more exciting and futuristic classification than most — it hosts a megamaser. Megamasers are intensely bright, around 100 million times brighter than the masers found in galaxies like the Milky Way.
Pulsations Detected in A Hot, Helium-Atmosphere White Dwarf
Astronomers have recently discovered non-radial oscillations in a hot, helium-atmosphere white dwarf designated PG 0112+104. The newly detected 11 independent pulsation modes in this white dwarf could be essential for researchers testing the radial differential rotation and internal compositional stratification of highly evolved stellar remnants.
News 13 mins ago 5:25 a.m.Look to the sky for New Year’s Eve comet
“Say farewell to 2016 in cosmic style by looking up to see the #NewYearsEve #comet on December 31,” the laboratory said in a Wednesday Instagram post. Say farewell to 2016 in cosmic style by looking up to see the #NewYearsEve #comet on December 31 YZ< #NewYear #astronomy #nightsky #comet45p #planets #NASA #JPL #WhatsUp #NYE #newyears The comet, NASA said, was expected to appear in the western horizon on Dec. 15 and had a bluish-green head by Dec. 21. The comet is a periodic comet, which returns to the inner solar system about every 5 years.
Boulder’s Alan Stern sees prized wheels stay in aerospace ‘family’
Mike Beckage, of Bridgeport, Calif., is pictured with Alan Stern’s Nissan350Z Coupe, which Beckage won at auction for $11,000. The money is to benefit the Lowell Observatory, of Flagstaff, Ariz.
Boulder’s Alan Stern sees prized wheels stay in aerospace ‘family’
Mike Beckage, of Bridgeport, Calif., is pictured with Alan Stern’s Nissan350Z Coupe, which Beckage won at auction for $11,000. The money is to benefit the Lowell Observatory, of Flagstaff, Ariz.
Vera Rubin Didn’t Discover Dark Matter
Rubin and her collaborator, Kent Ford, discovered that M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, was spinning in an unexpected way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech via Wikimedia Commons .
Forget the fireworks — look for a comet in the sky on New Year’s Eve
Even if you’re not a fan of New Year’s Eve fireworks, you’ll have another reason to look to the skies. NASA says as we ring in the new year, a comet will near the moon and be visible to those looking west.
NASA telescopes find clues for how giant black holes formed so quickly
Using data from NASA’s Great Observatories, astronomers have found the best evidence yet for cosmic seeds in the early universe that should grow into supermassive black holes. Researchers combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope to identify these possible black hole seeds.
Open Dome Event – Capture the Beauty of the Sky
We see images of galaxies and stars capturing the beauty of astronomy, inspiring us to try it ourselves. But capturing some images yourself can be daunting.
How Do We Colonize Saturn’s Moons?
Welcome back to our series on Colonizing the Solar System! Today, we take a look at the largest of Saturn’s Moons – Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, Tethys, Enceladus, and Mimas. From the 17th century onward, astronomers made some profound discoveries around the planet Saturn, which they believed was the most distant planet of the Solar System at the time.
Kate Becker: Cosmic gifts, no purchase required
It’s Gift Guide time, when I get to window-shop the internet for astronomy-themed doodads to delight the star-lovers on your list. But this year, something feels different, and the doodads all feel a little less delightful than usual.