Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
Using the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected.
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10.5-billion-year-old Globular Cluster
The spectacular NGC 6496, 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, is home to heavy-metal stars of a celestial kind!
New map of Jupiter reveals what’s beneath clouds
A new radio map of Jupiter, reveals what’s beneath the clouds on the giant planet.
This Planet in 1,200 light-years away could support Life
Astronomers combine climate, orbit models to show that exoplanet Kepler-62f might be able to support life.
Contemplating our spectacular Sun
Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. Image credit Steven Gilbert
Three Potentially Nearby Habitable Worlds
Three potentially habitable worlds found around nearby ultracool dwarf star, the best place to search for life beyond the Solar System.
‘Light Echoes’ used to study Protoplanetary Disks
Astronomers used a method called “photo-reverberation,” also known as “light echoes,” to determine the distance from a star to the inner rim of its surrounding protoplanetary disk.
Hubble sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble
The impressive Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7653, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, on February 25/26, 2016. Watch the video…
Planet 9- what we already know
Planet 9 is four times bigger than Earth, with temperatures that dip to -226 degrees, has a 20,000-year orbit around the sun.
A Supermassive Black Hole discovered
This is a computer-simulated image of a just discovered supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns!