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Objects such as ‘Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we’re about to start spotting a whole lot more of them. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space …

A blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching across 8 light-years, the length of the stellar eruption is approximately twice the distance between our Sun and the next nearest stars, the Alpha Centauri system. The size and strength of this particular stellar jet, located in a …

Will Voyager 1 & 2 survive the Milky Way–Andromeda galaxy collision?  WION Source link

Another week, another somewhat fictional online buzzword to parse. This time it is the “performative male”, basically the idea that posturing straight men only read books to get laid, outlined in recent trend pieces including the New York Times, Vox, Teen Vogue, Hypebeast, GQ and millions of TikToks. According to the Times, this man “curates his aesthetic in a way …

Photographer Osama Fathi has captured a stunning view of Perseid meteors crossing the bright ribbon of the Milky Way over the ruins of an ancient settlement in Egypt dedicated to the worship of the crocodile god Soknopaios. The image was captured from the Soknopaiou Nesos archaeological site to the north of Qarun Lake in northeastern Egypt on the night of …

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is the fact that it should be “forbidden” in the empty region of the Milky Way in which it was found. The system, given the name “Calvera” after the villain in the 1960 …

This September, the night sky is full of reasons to step outside after dark. A total lunar eclipse will paint the moon red, while a partial solar eclipse will briefly dim the sun for skywatchers in the southern hemisphere. Bright planets like Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter take center stage, with some reaching their peak brilliance and others lining up in …

The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous ‘Summer Triangle’ asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing a perfect setting for the stellar hunt. Celestron Nature DX 12×56 (Image credit: Jason Parnell-Brookes) If you’re looking for an affordable pair of binoculars for stargazing, …

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Van, Turkey [38.91395038, 43.12483070] What’s in the photo? Rare plumes of mostly inorganic matter swirling in an alkaline lake Who took the photo? NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, on board the International Space Station When was it taken? Sept. 12, 2016 This stunning astronaut photo shows a series of milky swirls that appeared in the …

A new analysis argues that the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, spins at maximum velocity with its axis aimed almost directly at Earth. The result emerges from a machine learning read of the Event Horizon Telescope data that pulls out subtle signals from ordinary methods left on the table. Those signals sit on top of a …