Astronomy
Astronomers Discover Exoplanet With Triple Sunrises and Sunsets
Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting within a triple star system and manage to obtain a direct image of the…
Now, Witness The Power Of This Fully Operational Radio Telescope!
Construction has just finished on the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-aperture telescope
Jovians Distressed At Strange, Tiny & Silent Creatures Aboard Spacecraft
As part of Juno's mission to Jupiter, Lego has fashioned three figurines (representing Jupiter, Juno and Galileo) to accompany the…
First Detection of Water Clouds Outside Our Solar System
Astronomers have now determined a nearby brown dwarf has some exciting characteristics: its atmosphere is full of clouds of water…
Life On Titan Possible Without Water
According to a recent study from Cornell University, the prebiotic conditions for life might exist on Titan, despite it being…
What are the Jovian Planets?
In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our…
The Moon Occults Jupiter This Weekend
The Moon makes a close pass near Jupiter this weekend and occults it for observers in the southern Indian Ocean…
Messier 17 (M17) – the Omega Nebula
Located between 5,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth is the Omega Nebula, one of the brightest and most massive…
Stars Are The Universe’s Neat Freaks
A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over…