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The mysterious echo from the Sun: the IBEX Ribbon | Unsolved Mystery in Physics
Go to http://brilliant.org/DrBecky and sign up for free. The first 200 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. In 2009 the IBEX satellite detected an excess of atoms reflected back from a particular … Continue reading
Astrophysicists Construct Most Complete 3D Map of the Universe, Fill Gaps in Cosmological History
An international consortium of scientists has analyzed, as part of a vast program of cosmological surveys, several million galaxies and quasars, thus retracing a more continuous history of the Universe and offering a better understanding of the mechanisms of its … Continue reading
Solar Orbiter first images revealed
ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent back its first images of the Sun. At 77 million kilometres from the surface, this is the closest a camera has ever flown to our nearest star. The pictures reveal features on the Sun’s … Continue reading
Astronomy Picture of the Day | NASA
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 July 14 Comet NEOWISE over Stonehenge Image Credit & Copyright: Declan Deval Explanation: … Continue reading
Does dark matter exist? | Aeon
Ramin Skibba is an astrophysicist turned science writer and freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Atlantic,Slate, Scientific American and Naturemagazine, among others. He is based in San Diego. 3,200 words Edited by Pam Weintraub In 1969, the … Continue reading
Is the colour in space images “real”?
Are you fascinated by beautiful pictures of objects in space but always left wondering whether the colour shown is “real”? This video is all about how astronomers use colour in images to best highlight the physics that is going on … Continue reading
Explore 30 Years of Arresting Photographs Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in a New Book
It’s the 30th anniversary of the first launch of the Hubble Space Telescope—the first major instrument to be placed in outer space and arguably one of the greatest inventions in the history of scientific discovery. The newly released book, Expanding … Continue reading
Scientists Just Fit Our Universe in a Box…Wait What
Dark matter, supermassive black holes, galaxies, stars, magnetic fields—The Next Generation’s project, called Illustris or IllustrisTNG, has managed to fit the entire universe into a cube. This impressive feat is the most advanced simulation of the universe and its evolution … Continue reading
Hubble’s Collection of Anniversary Images
Each year, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dedicates a small portion of its precious observing time to taking a special anniversary image, showcasing particularly beautiful and meaningful objects. These images continue to challenge scientists with exciting new surprises and to … Continue reading
30 Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
On 24 April 1990 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was sent into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery, the first space telescope of its kind. It offered a new view of the Universe and has, for 30 years, reached and … Continue reading