Now the cow also has spots
Holy cow, what was that ?! This is more or less how many astrophysicists should have reacted to a special celestial event on June 16, 2018. In a galaxy 215 million light-years away, a...
Category: Astrophysics
Press release IAU: Sweden gets a planet to christen
This article was originally published by rymdaret.se. – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and part of the celebration is the global IAU100 NameExoWorlds competition. Each country in...
NASA Investigates an “Old Faithful” Active Galaxy That Erupts Every 114 Days
During a typical year, over a million people visit Yellowstone National Park, where the Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in the air. Now, an international team of astronomers has...
Ny forskning visar att supermassiva svarta hål kan bildas av mörkt material
En ny teoretisk studie har föreslagit en ny mekanism för att skapa supermassiva svarta hål från mörk materia. Det internationella laget finner att snarare än de konventionella bildningsscenarier som involverar ”normal” materia, skulle supermassiva...
Un nuevo estudio sugiere que los agujeros negros supermasivos podrían formarse a partir de la materia oscura
Un nuevo estudio teórico ha propuesto un mecanismo novedoso para la creación de agujeros negros supermasivos a partir de materia oscura. El equipo internacional encontró que en lugar de los escenarios de formación convencionales...
Reclusive neutron star may have been found in famous supernova
What remains of the star that exploded just outside our galaxy in 1987? Debris has obscured scientists’ view, but two of NASA’s X-ray telescopes have revealed new clues. Since astronomers captured the bright explosion...
Ghost particle from shredded star reveals cosmic particle accelerator
Tracing back a ghostly particle to a shredded star, scientists have uncovered a gigantic cosmic particle accelerator. The subatomic particle, called a neutrino, was hurled towards Earth after the doomed star came too close...
How Heavy Is Dark Matter? For the First Time Scientists Radically Narrow the Potential Mass Range
Scientists have calculated the mass range for Dark Matter – and it’s tighter than the science world thought. Their findings – due to be published in Physical Letters B in March – radically narrow the range...
IC 2118, Witch Head Nebula and fast facts
IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape), is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in Orion. It lies in the Eridanus constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. The nature...
Fun Facts and Information About Asteroids
Originally published by Space.com – Asteroids are rocky worlds revolving around the sun that are too small to be called planets. They are also known as planetoids or minor planets. There are millions of...
