Here’s something you might remember from your high school Earth science class: As sunlight—which appears to…
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Stellar demolition trail near the black hole in the ancient galaxy
An international team of astrophysicists led by Radboud University in the Netherlands has discovered a new…
X-ray ‘echoes of light’ signal as the Milky Way’s central black hole erupts – Ars Technica
Zoom in / This is the first image of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at…
The dark matter distribution paradox
Figure 1: Example of an image obtained with HSC-SSP. Credit: HSC-SSP and NAOJ Project Astrophysicists have…
A groundbreaking hypothesis about how our brains work
A new study proposes a hypothesis called “cellular electrical coupling,” arguing that brain electric fields, generated…
Russian astronauts throw old equipment overboard during a spacewalk aboard the International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts spent six hours outside the International Space Station Thursday (June 22) cleaning up…
No, Betelgeuse will not go supernova in “dozens of years”
The expiration date of Betelgeuse, a dying massive star about 642 light-years from Earth, is a…
200,000 lightning flashes – Hongga eruption in Tonga produces the most powerful lightning ever recorded
More than 200,000 lightning flashes, shown as blue dots, occurred throughout the course of the eruption…
Could these cave wall marks be the oldest Neanderthal “finger paintings”? – Ars Technica
Zoom in / Examples of inscriptions discovered in the Roche-Cottard Cave in France. (Left) A ‘circular…
The cosmic trio – the Moon, Venus and Mars – at the June 2023 solstice.
The solstice sky features the moon and two planets The June solstice arrives at 14:58 UTC…