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[ad_1] Back to Article List From the October 2023 issue Young, forming stars heat up as gravity pulls mass together, creating the infrared glow that the James Webb Space Telescope sees. JWST took this infrared image of the famous Pillars of Creation. It shows young,...
[ad_1] Inspiration can come in all forms, but one of the best ways to convey ideas and get people excited about them is through art. In particular, video has become one of the most prominent forms of entertainment in our modern lives, whether through 5-second TikToks...
[ad_1] Applications 13/10/2023 2803 views 69 likes New research, based largely on information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ESA’s CryoSat satellite missions, has revealed alarming findings about the state of Antarctica's ice shelves: 40% of these floating shelves...
[ad_1] The Milky Way is twisted, and astronomers may finally know why. They're laying the blame on a football-shaped, tilted halo of dark matter that envelopes our galaxy. The common image of our galaxy resembles a flattened disk similar to a vinyl record, but what...
[ad_1] It’s not just observing star clusters or planets that creates delight. Celestial knowledge can be just as exciting, especially when it comes with weighty implications. This month, let’s consider 10 basic astronomy truths. Perhaps you already know some of these...
[ad_1] A recent study published in Nature Geoscience uses supercomputer climate models to examine how a supercontinent, dubbed Pangea Ultima (also called Pangea Proxima), that will form 250 million years from now will result in extreme temperatures, making this new...
[ad_1] The landscape around the city of Bentiu in South Sudan is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn more.The majority of the people in South Sudan live in rural areas...
[ad_1] An annular solar eclipse wowed skywatchers across the Americas today with an impressive "ring of fire". Sweeping through eight U.S. states before heading over Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Brazil, the...
[ad_1] Back to Article List The 2023 annular eclipse begins at 11:04 a.m. EDT A ring of sunlight remains visible at the midpoint of an annular solar eclipse. Credit: Jatin S. Rathod. The 2023 “Ring of Fire” annular eclipse begins at 11:04 a.m. EDT today, Oct. 14....
[ad_1] The ESA’s Gaia mission is releasing a new tranche of astronomical data. The mission has released three regular, massive hauls of data since it launched in 2013, named Gaia DR1, DR2, and DR3. The ESA is calling this one a ‘focused product release,’ and while...