At a distance of 5.5 billion light-years from the universe, a series of telescopes have captured a bright flash of short gamma-ray explosions. It reminds us that we are reminded of the Kilonova explosion associated with the neutron star collision, which we discovered on the back of a historic history …
Read More »The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is in danger of collapsing
One of the world’s most respected radio telescopes, on the verge of destruction, has begun a race to uncover it by engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico after two complex cables supporting a 900-ton instrument platform broke. The platform, in which a large dish was made by cables …
Read More »Scientists have discovered a strange hell planet where it rains. Rocks and oceans are made of lava.
If you think that living on Earth in 2020 is comparable to hell, to prove you wrong, planet K2-141B is here. On a burning hot planet, hundreds of light-years away, the oceans are made up of molten lava, winds reach at supersonic speeds, and rain is formed from rocks. Scientists …
Read More »The most detailed picture of Kareena’s nebula yet will blow your mind
Astronomers have obtained the highest resolution of infrared images near the Kerina Nebula, a thick cloud of dust and gas in which stars are actively forming. Gemini in Chile is incredible to see the newly obtained images obtained from the South Telescope. It’s also useful for understanding stellar nurseries and …
Read More »One of the most extreme exoplanets known for distant blue star science
The artistic imprint of the Exoplanet WASP-189B orbits its host star, glowing in blue. Image: ESA The newly deployed Chippos Space Telescope has completed its first observations Explanet, revealing some interesting new details about the ultra-hot Jupiter known as WASP-189B. Hot Jupiter is a Jupiter-like exoplanet located near their host …
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