Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge. Researchers said they have observed a supermassive black hole at the center of a …
Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, is all set to be launched today (September 2) at 11.50am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The launch for the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved success in safe landing on the moon surface …
Aubrey Gemignani, a photographer with NASA, tests her camera equipment at the Lowell Observatory … [+] Solar Eclipse Experience August 20, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images If you’re out and about this Labor Day weekend and you see people setting-up cameras and pointing them skywards, don’t panic—it’s …
Neptune from Voyager 2 spacecraft, c1980s. The Voyager 2 space probe was launched by NASA in August … [+] 1977. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System. Artist NASA. (Photo by Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images) Getty Images As our sun waxes towards it’s once-every-11 -years “solar maximum,” fears about …
Solar Flare X1 from AR2994 in ‘Motion’ © Miguel Claro Miguel Claro Stunning and unique photographs of the sun during its rare “solar maximum” phase have been selected as finalists for the annual Astrophotography Contest. These images showcase solar prominences and solar flares using cutting-edge techniques. The Royal Observatory Greenwich in London received a record-breaking …
On Friday, July 7th, Venus will reach its peak brightness, marking the end of its reign as the brightest object in the night sky for 2023. Getty If you’ve ever gazed at the night sky, you’re well aware of Venus’s brilliance. However, its prominence is about to diminish as we enter mid-August, when it will …
Parker Solar Probe enters the solar atmosphere. NASA After scientists recently unveiled new insights into the solar wind during its previous close encounter, the Parker Solar Probe, launched by NASA, has successfully completed its latest approach to the sun. On June 27, the probe reached a distance of only 5.3 million miles from the solar …
Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, this image showcases a solar flare that occurred on July 2, 2023. The flare, visible as a bright flash in the top right area of the Sun, emits intense ultraviolet light colored in teal, revealing the extremely hot material associated with flares. (Credit: NASA/SD) NASA/SDO The Sun unleashed a …
SolO view in the EUV on 30 March 2022 showing a partial section of the Sun with gas at 1 million … [+] degrees. The red paths correspond to some of the rain tracks analysed in this work. The Earth image has been overlaid to scale. Patrick Antolin. Background image: ESA/Solar Orbiter EUI/HRI The sun’s …
The first-ever observation of the Milky Way galaxy using neutrino particles has been made possible by data collected by an observatory in Antarctica. Unlike previous observations that relied on different wavelengths of light, this new view provides researchers with a fresh perspective on the cosmos. Neutrinos are believed to be emitted when high-energy cosmic rays …