Astronomy

Colliding Galaxies Create Triangular Stellar Nursery

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies. And that produces a surprising picture. Hubble Space Telescope has...

Is it time for Europe to launch its own astronauts?

The Director General of ESA thinks so. And astronauts are also excited. The European Space Agency ESA is not standing still in the...

To Mars in 45 days using…lasers

Now a trip to Mars takes about nine months. But scientists think they can reduce that travel time considerably. This can be read...

Are Super-Earths Naked Mini-Neptunes?

Artist's impression of the mini Neptune TOI 560.01. Researchers present for the first time direct evidence for the theory that gas planets of...

Solar orbiter spots mega wisps of matter above the sun

The spaceship Solar Orbiter has captured images of a huge string of matter protruding from the solar surface. They are officially called prominences: intertwined...

Asteroid turns out to have no less than three(!) moons

It makes Elektra the first quadruple asteroid system discovered to date. Exactly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, we find the so-called asteroid...

On the trail of stellar leftovers

Artist's rendering of white dwarf G29-38 collecting material from its circumstellar debris disk. When it hits the surface, a plasma forms, which emits...

Giant radio galaxy discovered that is at least as large as 100 galaxies in a row

Not only is this the largest radio galaxy found to date, it also challenges common ideas about the growth of radio systems. Leiden astronomers...

Bizarre asteroid doesn’t seem to have a steel wool-like interior after all

For years, scientists have struggled to explain their measurements and observations of asteroid Psyche. And one of the explanations thus obtained is...

Exploded star shines on first recording of IXPE

The X-ray observatory that orbits Earth 600 kilometers is set to uncover some of Cassiopeia A's remaining secrets. IXPE – or the Imaging X-Ray...

In 2031, the ISS space station will plunge into the sea – and that’s how it goes

NASA has revealed what the end of the now old and familiar International Space Station will look like. Since November 2000, humans have been...

Proxima Centauri has a third planet

This is what the newly discovered planet Proxima Centauri d could look like. ©ESO/L. Calçada So far, two planets have been known to...

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