Space mysteries: Why do Earth’s magnetic poles flip?

Space mysteries: Why do Earth’s magnetic poles flip?

Earth, our rocky, watery oasis in the cosmos is the ideal place for life to flourish for a number of reasons. We sit at just the right distance from our home star for liquid water to exist on the planet’s surface. The gravitational pull of other large planets...
JWST finds oldest black hole ever seen, and it’s hungry

JWST finds oldest black hole ever seen, and it’s hungry

Back to Article List Astronomers have spotted the oldest black hole ever seen, about 400 million years after the Big Bang, wolfing down material much faster than expected. An illustration of a supermassive black hole and its accretion disk. Credit: NASA/Aurore...
ESA – Muninn spreads its wings

ESA – Muninn spreads its wings

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt launched together with the rest of the Axiom-3 crew at 22:49 CET on 18 January 2024, from launch pad 39A, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Marcus will start his Muninn mission when he enters the International Space...
Advanced Imaging Conference calls it quits

Advanced Imaging Conference calls it quits

Back to Article List Scores of amateur astronomers attended the event, which will live on in its impressive library of information. The Advanced Imaging Conference was established in 2004 and served amateur astronomers who loved capturing photos of sky objects...