Tag Archives: Astro

Billions of light years from Earth, A. Baby galaxy Scientists say it is surprisingly similar to our own, surprisingly calm and laid-back, scientists said in research published on Wednesday. Scientists said the …

Arecibo Observatory, the world’s most powerful telescope in Puerto Rico, was damaged on Monday after a cable was damaged and a large hole in the telescope’s reflective dish exploded. The University of …

KAtie Mack achieved two improvisations with her new book, End of everything (astrophysically speaking). First, she writes about the end of the universe with a silence that does not make it truly …

After a two-month hiatus, SpaceX has restarted batches of dozens of satellites in its gambit to blanket the Earth with high-speed Internet access. Satellites are a new “visorsat” variety to make less …

A never before seen event in the solar system has seen a huge wave of toxic gas across Venus. The planet-wide cloud is traveling at a speed of 200 mph through Venus’s …

This year, space fans may have seen the full moon of July darker than usual, as the third lunar eclipse of 2020 took place. When? 5 July Total lunar eclipse A total …

A newly-known asteroid has been spotted in India by a pair of schoolgirls. Both teenagers found the asteroid in images collected by a telescope in Hawaii. The asteroid is currently orbiting near …

A differential image motion monitor, which scientists used to observe a possible disturbance in the Antarctic skies. The image: Zhouhui Shang good news everyone! Astronomers have pointed out the best place on …

It is summer time on Saturn, and rarely Earthlings have gotten to see such a clear view. The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a new image of the planet, which shows its …

A group of SpaceX Starlink satellites watched the comet’s eponymous NEOWISE, which ruins the comet’s otherwise horrific picture. SpaceX has already launched hundreds of satellites, but thousands of them are already in …