Astronomy

Why is Mars red?

Mars is reddish. But how does this color create? © ESA/MPS for Osiris Team, UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/Inta/UPM/Dasp/Ida ...

First 3D view into the atmosphere of an exoplanet

The atmosphere of WASP-121B is divided into three layers: Iron-containing winds, above it is a jet stream with sodium gas and the top layer...

EUCLID space telescope shows Einstein-Ring

The bright ring around the center of the Galaxy NGC 6505, which the ESA telescope Euclid has recorded, is an impressive example of an...

A fast radio burst with unusual origins

The CHIME radio telescope in Canada was the first to detect the fast radio burst FRB 20240209A in February 2024. © CHIME/ Andre Renard,...

Black hole shows unusual X-ray oscillations

X-ray oscillations from around a supermassive black hole could be generated by a white dwarf in its orbit. © Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State University ...

Corrected moon age

A good hundred million years after its formation, the moon was highly volcanically active. This could have distorted dates. © MPS/Alexey Chizhik ...

First binary star in the Milky Way’s black hole

Object D9 orbits close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. Observations have now revealed that D9 is a young binary star...

Gamma ray burst captured on M87* jet

Images of M87*'s jet in various regions of radio and X-ray emission and light curve of the gamma-ray burst (below). © EHT Collaboration, Fermi-LAT...

What “Firefly Sparkle” reveals about the early Milky Way

The distant galaxy "Firefly Sparkle" provides new clues about the possible evolution of the early Milky Way. © NASA/ESA/CSA, STScI, Chris Willott (NRC-Canada), Lamiya...

Cosmic expansion remains controversial

The galaxy NGC 4258 is one of the galaxies whose distance astronomers have now checked using the James Webb Telescope. © ESA/NASA/CSA, J. Glenn,...

Simulation reveals sun’s polar vortex

Simulation of the polar vortex on the Sun in its initial state. Later, the vortices migrate further poleward and only two remain. © University...

Why the Mars Mole Failed

NASA's Mars InSight probe on the surface of Mars (illustration). Their thermal probe HP3 has now provided new insights into the Martian subsurface near...

Brown dwarf turns out to be a binary system

Gliese 229B was the first brown dwarf discovered by astronomers. Now it turns out that it actually consists of two small brown dwarfs that...

Euclid Space Telescope delivers first mosaic

Overview of the mosaic of 206 observations from the Euclid Space Telescope. It covers around 500 times the area of ​​the full moon in...

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