The first images from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the…
NASA Observes Large Saharan Dust Plume Over Atlantic Ocean
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean, beginning on June 13. Satellite data showed the dust had spread over 2,000 miles. At NASA’s…
‘Distance’ from the Brightest Stars Is Key to Preserving Primordial Discs
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was used to conduct a three-year study of the crowded, massive and young star cluster Westerlund 2. The research found that the material encircling stars near the…
Finnish Researchers Have Discovered a New Type of Matter Inside Neutron Stars
A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter inside the cores of the largest neutron stars in existence. The conclusion was reached by combining recent…
Sun Is Less Active Than Similar Stars
The extent to which solar activity (and thus the number of sunspots and the solar brightness) varies can be reconstructed using various methods – at least for a certain period of time.…
Astronomers Capture Rare Images of Planet-Forming Disks Around Stars
An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to…
