The galaxy cluster El Gordo moves faster than you might think

The galaxy cluster El Gordo moves faster than you might think

Back to Article List An exercising galaxy cluster shows its hard work by revealing its lesser mass. In Aug. 2023, JWST captured an exquisitely detailed infrared image of El Gordo galaxy cluster. Two galaxy clusters colliding at a rate of millions of miles per hour...
A Galaxy Seen When the Universe was Only 332 Million Years Old

A Galaxy Seen When the Universe was Only 332 Million Years Old

It’s wonderful to watch the fascination on people’s faces when you explain to them that studying distant objects in the Universe means looking back in time! Reach out to the furthest corners of the Cosmos and you can see objects so far away that the light left them...
ESA – Spacelab-1: 40 years on

ESA – Spacelab-1: 40 years on

Agency 21/11/2023 1053 views 75 likes Forty years ago this month, the first European-built Spacelab was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on board Space Shuttle Columbia. Also on board was Ulf Merbold, who became ESA’s first astronaut in space. The...
How to observe planets with a small or medium telecope

How to observe planets with a small or medium telecope

With just a small or medium-sized telescope, skygazers can easily observe planets. You’ll be surprised how much of our solar system you can see! And you don’t need a dark sky to view all of our solar system’s planets; even under city lights, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and...