‘In the News’ Archives

Omega Centauri, the largest known globular star cluster of the Milky Way, contains about 10 million stars. … “Meet Omega Centauri, a giant star cluster”

The clear, swirling lines give some hint at the supermassive black hole’s power: a spiraling … “Stunning New Image Shows Black Hole’s Immensely Powerful Magnetic Field”

Not only does God play dice, that great big casino of quantum physics could have far … “Physicists Think The Infinite Size of The Multiverse Could Be Infinitely Bigger”

While details are understandably slim today, life on Earth is thought to have arisen about … “One of Life’s Most Important Ingredients Could Have Formed in The Hearts of Comets”

GREENBELT, Md. (WKRC) — As if the recent total solar eclipse wasn’t enough, stargazers will now … “Extremely rare ‘stellar explosion’ will be visible to naked eye, will last for a week”

Why are the regions above sunspots so hot? Sunspots themselves are a bit cooler than … “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐗-𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐮𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑”

  Astronomers have used the Gaia space telescope to spy some of the first building … “Two ancient star streams that built early Milky Way galaxy found | CNN”

  New images of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope as the whole gas giant rotates. … “Jupiter’s stormy weather on display in new Hubble images”

  Meet TOI-270 d, a possible hycean world Recent research suggests that exoplanet TOI-270 d is … “Possible Hycean world found by Webb telescope”

Gazing out upon the apparently unchanging sea of stars around us, it’s tempting to think … “A Mysterious Wave-Like Structure in Our Galaxy Found to Be Slowly Slithering”