Saturn will reach its annual bright opposition in late August 2023. Getty Images August is a prime month for stargazing in the northern hemisphere. Unlike June and July, there is an abundance of darkness, and the warm evenings allow for extended outdoor observations. One of the highlights of August is the spectacular view of the …
Captivating Perseid meteors streaked across the sky on August 12, 2021 in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, … [+] located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Yang Kun/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Nature enthusiasts and stargazers are eagerly anticipating the arrival of this year’s Perseid meteor shower, which …
New research has revealed the presence of ancient stars at the center of the Milky Way. getty A group of ancient stars has been discovered orbiting near the core of our galaxy, suggesting that they may have formed within the first billion years of the universe. This finding is significant because old stars are typically …
An artist’s composition of the Milky Way seen with a neutrino lens (blue). IceCube Collaboration/U.S. National Science Foundation (Lily Le & Shawn Johnson)/ESO (S. Brunier) Astronomers are celebrating the unveiling of a revolutionary method for observing the universe, thanks to the publication of this groundbreaking image that provides a new perspective on our Milky Way …
386160 01: An image produced by the Hubble telescope of the perfectly “edge-on” galaxy, or NGC 4013 … [+] , March 1, 2001. This new Hubble picture reveals, with great detail, huge clouds of dust and gas extending along, as well as far above, the galaxy’s main disk. NGC 4013 is a spiral galaxy, similar …
center of the galaxy – milky way nightsky on a clear night wider shot many stars getty One of the latest scientific meetings of the European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) brought together around 250 researchers on La Palma, one of the volcanic Canary Islands. Astrobiology, which is the quest to understand how life arose on Earth …
This artist’s impression shows a doomed planet skimming the surface of its star. K. Miller/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Astronomers spotted a star just around the corner from Earth in the Milky Way consuming one of its inner planets for the first time. The star is called ZTF SLRN-2020 and is roughly the same size as our …
The arch of the northern spring Milky Way across the eastern sky, as seen on a beautifully clear and … [+] mild spring night at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta on May 14, 2018 The galactic centre in Sagittarius is at right to the south Jupiter is the bright object in the southwest at far right; …