The Milky Way may have merged with another galaxy shortly after the Big Bang
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing two galaxies. Since its formation, the Milky Way has merged…
Astronomers have observed a wandering black hole shredding a star
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a star and a galaxy. Astronomers have recently detected a black…
Everything you need to know about how to see the solar eclipse next week
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE celestial event will be visible across Ireland on 12 August: a near-total eclipse of the…
The Sharpest Image Ever Taken of the Sun Reveals a Hidden Phenomenon
For decades, scientists had theorized that the sun’s surface must be crisscrossed by tiny plasma vortices, generated by…
These are the best photos of the sun that scientists have ever taken
SCIENTISTS HAVE CAPTURED images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet. Researchers were able to peek…
The Roman telescope is nearing launch on a historic mission
The telescope focuses on studying dark energy A new step in the journey of space exploration Washington, DC…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will hit the Moon in the coming days
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the Moon. In the coming days, the upper stage of a…
7 Stargazing Accessories You Need This Summer — And When To Use Them
The Sky View XL Stargazing Tent features an ultra-fine mesh roof. Eric_Weiland/Sky View (used with permission) Summer is…
570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera Photographs Van Gogh-Esque ‘Starry Night’
The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) pointed its 570-megapixel CCD image sensor, housed inside the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter…
Most Ambitious Sky Survey Ever Begins with Hungarian Scientists on the Team
High atop a mountain in Chile, under some of the world’s clearest, darkest skies, a new era of…
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a striking image of Centaurus A
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing a galaxy. NASA has recently unveiled an image taken by the…
This exoplanet, located about 25 light-years from Earth, could be habitable
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing an exoplanet and a star. Astronomers have recently conducted new…