Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
A green aurora slathers up the sky in this impressive snapshot from the International Space Station.
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Possible Exoplanet Radio Emission detected
Scientists detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes, that could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system.
Zooming to the Center of the Milky Way
This video zooms into a view of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, and ends on a new photo obtained by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam)…
UGC 1810- wildly Interacting Galaxy
The featured spiral galaxy is labelled UGC 1810 by itself, but together with its collisional partner is known as Arp 273.
Eagle Nebula Pillars sonified
In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off the famous Eagle nebula, as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position
1,000 Meteors
This video, at an effective 15 frames per second, presents a diverse range of 1,000+ meteors (plus a lightning sprite) selected from 372 nights of imaging.
Stunning remnant of Stellar Blast
This stunning image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, while appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky,
New World Record for Fastest Internet
A team of UCL engineers achieved the world’s fastest data transmission rate, reaching an internet speed a fifth faster than the previous record.
A massive Star may have Disappeared
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy.
A Metallic Jewel Bug in the Sky
In this image NGC 7027 planetary nebula resembles a jewel bug, an insect with a brilliantly colorful metallic shell.