Russia’s Luna 25 Lander Crashed Into the Moon

Russia’s Luna 25 Lander Crashed Into the Moon

[ad_1] On August 10th, 2023, Roscosmos’ Luna-25 mission launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-2 rocket. This mission was the first lunar mission to launch from Russia since the 1970s and would be the first Russian lander to touch down in the South-Pole...
Webb captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula

Webb captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula

[ad_1] Science & Exploration 21/08/2023 6606 views 88 likes The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the well-known Ring Nebula with unprecedented detail. Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an...
Ten episodes of Star Wars to watch before Ahsoka

Ten episodes of Star Wars to watch before Ahsoka

[ad_1] Fifteen years after she made her debut in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Jedi Ashoka Tano is finally getting her own Disney Plus series, Star Wars: Ahsoka. Originally voiced by Ashley Eckstein, her live-action incarnation will be played by Rosario Dawson who made...
Bizarre star may one day become a magnetar

Bizarre star may one day become a magnetar

[ad_1] HD 45166 is a star that will one day go supernova — and may become a magnetar. In the background of this illustration lies HD 45166’s companion, a more typical blue star. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers have discovered a new kind of star, and with it, a new...
Is This How You Get Magnetars?

Is This How You Get Magnetars?

[ad_1] Imagine a living star with a magnetic field at least 100,000 times stronger than Earth’s field. That’s the strange stellar object HD 45166. Its field is an incredible 43,000 Gauss. That makes it a new type of object: a massive magnetic helium star....