In a discovery that sounds straight out of science fiction, astronomers have spotted a galaxy shaped like the infinity symbol and nestled in its luminous heart may be the first directly observed newborn supermassive black hole. This cosmic twist was uncovered by a team led by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum, who dubbed the galaxy […]
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Solar physicists will make a new attempt to observe the chromosphere of the sun, which is the most dynamic region. NASA, along with a team of international solar physicists, will launch a sounding rocket experiment on July 18 from New Mexico. Reddish in colour, the chromosphere is a region sandwiched between the sun’s atmosphere (the […]
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In 1933, Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky was observing the Coma Cluster — a massive congregation of galaxies about 300 million light-years away — when he noticed something odd. The galaxies were swirling around each other far too fast. According to the visible matter in the cluster, they should have flown apart long ago. “There must […]
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Remember asteroid 2024 YR4? Once feared to be on a collision course with Earth in 2032, the space rock may still prove dangerous, just not in the way thought earlier. Astronomers now believe the asteroid could strike the Moon, triggering an explosion that might shower Earth with debris capable of damaging satellites. Over time the […]
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