It’s Time for Mysterious Spokes to Appear in Saturn’s Rings

It’s Time for Mysterious Spokes to Appear in Saturn’s Rings

[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured the appearance of several asymmetrical ‘spokes’ rising above the rings of Saturn, marking a coming change in season for the ringed gas giant. The spokes are made of charged ice particles bulging up and away from the...
ESA – Can you spot it?

ESA – Can you spot it?

[ad_1] Right in the middle of this image, nestled amongst a smattering of distant stars and even more distant galaxies, lies the newly discovered dwarf galaxy known as Donatiello II. If you cannot quite distinguish the clump of faint stars that is all we can see of...
Spiralling Stars Provide a Window into the Early Universe

Spiralling Stars Provide a Window into the Early Universe

[ad_1] heic2211 — Science Release 8 September 2022 Astronomers have been bemused to find young stars spiralling into the centre of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The outer arm of the spiral in this huge,...