Astronomy

Why coasters fly badly

Aerodynamic Research of a special kind: Physicists have clarified why beer coasters cannot be thrown like frisbees, but instead fall quickly to the ground. Source:...

Half as heavy as Venus

Artist's impression of the "light" exoplanet around the star L 98-59 (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) A minimal record and other exciting findings: Astronomers have...

“Eating behavior” indicates mass

Artist's impression of the accretion disk of a supermassive black hole. (Credit: Mark A. Garlick / Simons Foundation) How heavy are the supermassive black...

Where did the radioactive elements come from

Prestellar clumps of gas in the star-forming region of Rho Ophiuchus. (Image: João Alves / ESO VISIONS) The earth and other planets in the...

Cosmic tear before the supernova

Artist's impression of the HD265435 system: The smaller white dwarf distorts the hot lower dwarf into a teardrop shape. (Image: University of Warwick...

Magnificent insights into galactic cradles

Examples of five galaxies recorded as part of the PHANGS project. (Image: ESO / PHANGS) Wonderful - and informative: Astronomers present new images of...

“Deep” vibrations of the sun discovered

Representation of the observed oscillation (left) compared to the model of the processes on the sun and in its interior. (Image: MPS /...

Where moons are born

Close-up of the moon-forming disk around a young gas giant almost 400 light-years away from us. The image shows the planet and its...

View inside Mars

The interior of Mars (Image: Chris Bickel / Science) Mars has been explored by space probes for years and many details of its surface and...

First observation of an electron capture supernova

The 2018zd supernova (white spot right) (Image: NASA / STSCI / J. Depasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory) Two types of star explosions have been known for...

Collision between neutron star and black hole

Collision of a neutron star with a black hole. (Image: Carl Knox, OzGrav / Swinburne University) After several as yet unclear candidates, astronomers have...

How the ice trembles on Enceladus

Far from the sun, the mysterious ice moon Enceladus orbits Saturn. (Image: dottedhippo / iStock) The famous “tiger stripes” by Enceladus are rumbling: Researchers...

Betelgeuse: blackout puzzle solved

One of the brightest stars in the firmament suddenly lost its shine: The collapse in brightness of Betelgeuse in late 2019 to early 2020...

“Ice floes” tectonics on Venus

Crustal blocks in the Venusian Plain Lavinia Planitia. (Image: NC State University, NASA / JPL) So far, the earth is the only known planet...

Free view of the earth

Earth, sun and stars with a clear view of the earth's transit. (bright points). (Image: OpenSpace / American Museum of Natural History) Many...

Mystery of the quantum world

The quantum world is still a headache for physicists. (Image: ipopba / iSock) Because of reality - quantum theory fundamentally questions the existence of...

Mysterious darkening of a star

This illustration shows the occultation of the star VVV-WIT-08 (Image: Amanda Smith / University of Cambridge) Stars that change their brightness cyclically are not unusual...

Trace of a surprisingly young eruption

The dark area around a crevice in the Cerberus Fossae system is probably the trace of a surprisingly recent eruption. (Image: CREDITNASA /...

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