Nearly 900 years ago, astronomers spotted a strange, bright light in the sky. We finally know what caused it.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2021
The origins of the ancient supernova of A.D. 1181 remained a mystery for 840 years.
The origins of the ancient supernova of A.D. 1181 remained a mystery for 840 years.
The whitest paint in the world has been created in a lab at Purdue University, a paint so white that it could eventually reduce or even eliminate the need for air conditioning, scientists say.
An amateur astronomer has captured the moment a space rock collided with Jupiter. The debris struck the gas giant, which is the solar system’s largest planet, at 6:39 pm EDT on Monday, creating a flash of light at its surface.
The mess created by an encounter between a black hole and an unlucky star has yielded a rare and incredible treasure.
Astronomers have discovered that as many as a quarter of stars like the Sun eventually consume their own planets, in findings which suggest that they have a chaotic and destructive history.
“I’M NOT SAYING THERE ARE UFOS… BUT THERE ARE UFOS.”
Preserved footprints of newborn pachyderms are roughly the size of drink coaster
Researchers have created a building material that could be made in space from space dust and astronauts’ bodily fluids such as blood, sweat, and tears.
It turns out robots are taking over jobs fastest around the world in places where their human counterparts are aging the most rapidly.
Astronomers have observed the signs of a star swallowing a compact object that they believe is a black hole, and that object then devouring the star’s core from the inside. The process resulted in an explosion that left the star obliterated and the black hole standing alone.