Astronomy
Solar Flares Shuffle Antimatter Around
Image credit: NASA Astronomers believe that the Sun creates and destroys antimatter as part of its natural process of fusion…
Satellites Measure Rising Seas
Image credit: NASA The spectre of global warming and rising ocean levels have been a concern for many years, but…
New Information on the Early Universe
Image credit: ESO An international team of astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) to look…
Sun’s Flip is Letting the Dust In
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency's Ulysses spacecraft has confirmed that the Sun's 11-year cycle that causes it to…
Pinpointing the Distance to a Pulsar
Image credit: NSF Astronomers have used the accuracy of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to pinpoint…
Gamma Ray Bursts May Propel Fast Moving Particles
Image credit: NASA Astronomers believe that gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the Universe, may be generating ultrahigh-energy cosmic…
Amateur Spots a Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow
Image credit: NASA Berto Monard, an amateur astronomer from South Africa was lucky enough to spot the afterglow from a…
Formation of Stars is On the Decline
Image credit: SDSS The age of star formation in the Universe is drawing to a close, according to a new…
Astronomers Measure the Shape of a Supernova
Image credit: ESO New data gathered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) seems to indicate that supernovae…
Perseid Meteor Shower Next Week
Image credit: ESA The annual Perseid meteor shower is due to make its appearance in mid-August this summer. The shower…