AvatarDerrick AshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo16 hours agoWe've glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravitynewscientist.com - Karmela Padavic-CallaghanPhysicists have been searching for gravitons, the hypothetical particles thought to carry gravity, for decades. These have never been detected in …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar1 day agoRare Star Explosion Set to Illuminate Skies After Almost 80 Years; All About The Once-In-A-Lifetime EventMashable - Harsh VardhanAstronomers have predicted a once-in-a-lifetime event in the next few months and you can experience it without a telescope. A white dwarf star is about to explode soon as it orbits a red giant star lying approximately 3,000 light-years away. According to NASA, the 'nova outburst' occurs about every …
AvatarDerrick AshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoRethinking the Milky Way’s “Galactic Fountain”skyandtelescope.org - Govert SchillingOur Milky Way is a huge cosmic recycling machine. Stellar winds and supernova explosions spew material out into space, well above and below our …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar2 days agoAstronomers Spot Ancient Stars That Seeded the Milky WayExtremeTech - Ryan WhitwamStellar clusters known as Shakti and Shiva may be remnants of ancient galactic collisions. Our Milky Way galaxy is almost unfathomably large, with a …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar1 day agoPhysicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the mysteries of black holesLive Science - By Ben TurnerPhysicists created a 'quantum vortex,' which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water and could be used to study the space-time warping caused …
AvatarDerrick Ash1 day agoJames Webb Space Telescope's View Of 5000 Galaxies In 4K 3D VisualizationSpace.comTravel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that showcases 5000 galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. It was created from CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) Survey data.
AvatarDerrick AshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoWe went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxiestheconversation.com - Marcin GlowackiStars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas because it helps us understand how stars …
AvatarDerrick AshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoUFOs Captured In Photos By Oil Rig Worker Near Alleged Underwater Alien Basebrobible.com - Douglas CharlesAn oil rig worker off the coast of Mexico near Tampico snapped photos of two different UFOs close to what locals believe is an underwater alien …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar3 days agoBaffled astronomer ‘cannot explain’ a UFO caught flying across the moonLADbibleAn astronomer was left baffled as a ‘UFO’ was caught flying across the moon. Usually the stories of alien-like sightings in the sky come from random …
AvatarDerrick AshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoNASA's Mission To Europa Will Carry A Special Message From Earth: Here's What It Saysslashgear.com - Georgina TorbetWhen NASA launches its Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for October 2024, the spacecraft will carry a special surprise aboard alongside its …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar6 days agoEarliest building blocks of the Milky Way discovered near its galactic heartverified_publisherCNNCNN — Astronomers have used the Gaia space telescope to spy some of the first building blocks of the Milky Way galaxy: two ancient streams of stars named Shakti and Shiva that helped our home galaxy grow and evolve more than 12 billion years ago. Named after Hindu deities, the star streams appear to …
AvatarDerrick AshAvatarAvatar5 days agoJames Webb Space Telescope makes 'astonishing discovery that was thought to be impossible'LADbibleThe hi-tech telescope being used by NASA has made an 'astonishing discovery' according to one of the leading astrophysicists in the world. Dubbed the …