Astronomers have spotted a small comet entering our solar system and racing towards the Sun. The fun part is you may have the chance to watch its journey live and for free. What is this comet? The tiny comet was first observed by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope, located in Rio […]
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For a long time, scientists believed that just like humans, stars died only once. Now, a rare sighting seems to change the widely held belief. Scientists from the European Space Observatory (ESO) have spotted the first-ever visual evidence of a double detonation of a star, meaning death twice. “This tangible evidence of a double-detonation not […]
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The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile has released its first breathtaking images, showcasing the power of its 3,200-megapixel digital camera—the largest ever built. Taken during testing in April, following the completion of the telescope’s construction, the images hint at a new era of surveying the sky. One striking photo captures the Trifid and Lagoon […]
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The stars in the sky seem to shine forever, but they too are subject to lifespans determined by their mass and internal physics. Some last for billions of years and others are transitory in comparison, with far shorter lifetimes. Regardless of duration, all stars survive by maintaining a balance between two competing forces: the inward […]
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Mango Astronomy Calendar launched by Obuli Chandran highlights celestial events like eclipses and meteor showers and features 12 astro images. | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S Stunning meteor showers, full moons and eclipses will light up the sky all through this year. While usually there are 12 full moons every year, this year, there will be 13 […]
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One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has been rendered anew with greater depth, clarity and color by the James Webb Space Telescope. The new view of the pillars, first made famous when captured in 1995 by Webb’s predecessor […]
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Researchers have detected a bipolar gas stream flowing out of Y256, a “baby star” in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This stream has a velocity of more than 54,000 kilometres per hour. The Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy that is about 200,000 light years away from the Milky Way. The mechanism of star formation […]
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Earlier this year, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen announced the discovery of an unusual trio of stars. The system discovered by them consists of two stars that orbit one another and a third more massive star orbiting the pair. The research was published in the Royal Astronomical Society’s Monthly […]
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Founder Elon Musk tweeted the team was “assessing damage” after the early evening explosion Founder Elon Musk tweeted the team was “assessing damage” after the early evening explosion A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas, dealing a likely […]
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A pictorial display of charts and models at the district central library introduces students to the basics of astronomy, galaxies, stars and the milky way A pictorial display of charts and models at the district central library introduces students to the basics of astronomy, galaxies, stars and the milky way What is the connection between […]
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