New 3D map shows the warped shape of the Milky Way’s disk
A new 3D map of the Milky Way shows warped shape of our galaxy, that flares up and down at the edges.
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TESS telescope has found a nearby super-Earth
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) telescope discovered a relatively close super-Earth exoplanet, at 31 light-years from us.
A rare dynamic event of the death of a Red Giant Star
A rare dynamic event of the death of a Red Giant Star, captured by scientists for the first time.
Map of the Local Void
A video map of the Local Void, a large underdense region of the Universe, in our Milky Way neighborhood.
The Strangest Black Hole discovered
Hubble discovers mysterious black hole disc, 130 million light-years away, at the center of the galaxy NGC 3147.
Stunning Cosmic Fireworks in Ultraviolet
Using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 astronomers capture the stunning Eta Carinae nebula in ultraviolet light.
Mysterious powerful Radio Burst from a Distant Galaxy
Mysterious powerful radio burst detected from a distant galaxy, in a completely unexpected region of space, created 4 billion years ago.
A Whirlpool ‘Warhol’ from NASA
Unlike Andy Warhol’s famous silkscreen grids of repeating images rendered in different colors, the varying hues of this galaxy represent how its appearance changes in different wavelengths
How Humanity could Colonize the Milky Way
Astronomers in this video model how humanity could colonize our galaxy, the Milky Way.
18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Astronomers using a new method to find small planets orbiting nearby stars, which previous surveys had overlooked, discovered 18 Earth-sized exoplanets.