It is rare for humans to notice changes in stars within a lifetime because stars don’t evolve fast enough for us to notice them. In fact, even a hundred lifetimes won’t do; the process of astronomy is just too slow. There are exceptions, however. Stellar evolution can be tracked when …
Read More »Astronomers Find One of The Rarest Galaxies in the Universe
The Subaru Telescope has been used by Japanese astronomers as part of a global strategic program called the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) to detect a new polar ring galaxy. Polar-ring galaxies have an outer ring of gas and stars that rotate over their poles. Apparently, polar rings form …
Read More »James Webb Spots Sand-Like Clouds on Distant Alien World
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected clouds made of sand-like substances on a faraway planet. The James Webb Space Telescope continues to unravel the mysteries of the universe, and this time, it has helped scientists better understand brown dwarfs. Scientists have detected silicate clouds directly in a brown …
Read More »Cosmic Collision Gives Clues Why Galaxies Stop Making Stars
Over six billion years ago, two galaxies collided, throwing millions of light years away a stream of gas. The University of Pittsburgh has published a study that reveals how an unusual feature may help explain why galaxies stop forming stars. A central question in astronomy is why the biggest galaxies …
Read More »MANUFATTI SCITI DELL’ETA’ DEL BRONZO RINVENUTI A BILSK, UCRAINA
Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Un team di archeologi guidati da Ihor Korost, direttore della Bilsk Historical and Cultural Reserve, ha recentemente scoperto a Bilsk, in Ucraina, un consistente deposito di punte di freccia, fuseruole e frammenti di ceramica che risalgono a un periodo compreso tra la fine …
Read More »Four Native American Kings Visited Queen Anne in London With a Special Request
The visit of four Native American “Kings” to London in 1710 caused quite a stir. While this wasn’t the first time that Native Americans had been on English soil Read more Section: News Weird Facts Read Later Source: Ancient Origins
Read More »Navy Releases New Video of Unidentified Objects Swarming its Most Advanced Destroyer
A new video has been released by the U.S. Navy showing six unidentified drones flying over the USS Zumwalt, one of its most advanced surface combatants. This incident occurred in April 2019 off the coast of Southern California. Due to its position at the head of a prestigious class of …
Read More »Artemis I Launch Called off for Second Time
Another launch called off, and NASA has kick-started its Artemis program with difficulties, it seems. As revealed by some experts, the next launch attempt for Artemis I is unlikely to occur until later in the year. An update from NASA suggests the agency will not launch Artemis I until Tuesday, …
Read More »The First Emperor of China Took an ‘Elixir of Immortality’ Made of Mercury and it Killed Him
The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was terrified of death and much of his reign was focused on the search for immortality and the Elixir of Life. Ironically, Qin Shi Huang died from the toxic effects of consuming a so-called Elixir of Life made of mercury. Read more Section: News …
Read More »Here’s The First Wide-Field Snapshot of the X-ray Universe
EP-WXT Pathfinder, an experimental X-ray telescope module that will eventually be part of Einstein Probe’s wide-field X-ray telescope (WXT), released its first results from an earlier test flight on Aug. 27. Among them is an 800-second time-lapse of our galactic center. It is the first time-lapse that shows the widest …
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