Galaxies exchange matter with their external environment thanks to galactic winds. For the first time, the MUSE instrument from the Very Large Telescope has mapped the galactic wind that drives these exchanges between galaxies and nebulae. This discovery led to … Read More
Just 20 light-years from the Sun, a strange rogue planet without a star roams the Milky Way. And, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal, this strange, nomadic world has a magnetic field that is 4 million times … Read More
It was only 25 years ago, when astronomers discovered that the Universe was expanding at an accelerated rate. Without an obvious cause, the concept of dark energy was introduced. Dark energy exerts a force on the universe and is thought … Read More
Galileo Galilei used glass lenses to build the first telescope capable of studying the night sky in 1609, improving on a Dutch invention. However, mirrors took over soon after Isaac Newton built the first reflecting telescope later that century: today, … Read More
Up until now, scientists have suggested that as the Universe expands, its temperature gradually decreases. However, new research from Ohio State University shows otherwise – that the temperature of the Universe actually increases with its expansion. For their study, researchers … Read More
In neutron stars we can find the strangest and most dangerous substance in The Universe: Strange Matter. What is Strange Matter, how dangerous is it and what can it tell us about the beginning of the Universe? See the answer … Read More