Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define exactly where one supercluster ends and another begins. Now, a team based in Hawaii has … Read More
Yesterday NASA announced one of the most significant discoveries of potentially habitable planets in recent years – The first known system of seven planets the size of Earth orbiting a Star. Three of those planets certainly are in the … Read More
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found the hottest and most massive double star with components so close that they touch each other. The two stars in the extreme system VFTS 352 could be heading … Read More
If you could survive a trip inside the black hole, exactly where you would be at the end of that journey? Very likely such a journey would not be a good idea. Usually formed after the collapse of a … Read More
There is no doubt that our Universe is more stranger and full of magic place than we could ever imagine. In the vast space of the Cosmos there are phenomenons which are still being unexplainable even for the most penetrating science. … Read More
Just how many galaxies are out there used to be a mystery, with estimates rising from the thousands to the millions to the billions, all as telescope technology improved. Staring at the night sky in front of us reveals … Read More