Astronomy
Young Pulsar Defies Theories
Astronomers working with the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array have found a pulsar that is much younger than previously…
Oops, the Universe is Beige
Image credit: JHU Astronomers from John Hopkins University announced several weeks back that if you averaged out the colour of…
Bow Shock in a Merging Galactic Cluster
A new image taken by the Chandra X-Ray observatory reveals a bow-shaped shock wave towards one side of an extremely…
First Detection of Short Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow
Scientists believe they have spotted the first evidence of a radiation afterglow from short gamma-ray bursts. The afterglow from the…
Dust Disks Could Indicate Planets
A newly detected dust ring, just outside the orbit of Saturn could help astronomers have come up with a new…
New Evidence Supports Formation Theory for Rapidly Spinning Pulsars
Combining images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as data from radio observatories, astronomers from the European Space…
ESO Releases New Images of Saturn and Io
The European Southern Observatory released stunning new images of the planet Saturn and Jupiter's moon Io on Friday - the…
New Image of the Horsehead Nebula
A new, high-resolution image has been taken of one of the most famous astronomical objects in the night sky ?…
Climatology
Albedo Effect Beaufort Scale Causes of Ozone Depletion The Coldest Place on Earth Cumulonimbus Clouds Earth's Temperature Enhanced Greenhouse Effect…