The groundbreaking supernova discovery could help solve two cosmic mysteries, one of which has

into a cataclysmic supernova.... Some of the light from the explosion reached our planet and in

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in the violent explosion, called a supernova, of a massive dying star.... But some, it turns out

The astronomical event, which was detected in June 2018 and has been dubbed SN 2018cow or' the Cow', occurred in the spiral arm of galaxy CGCG 137-068.... Scientists originally identified the event as a Fast Blue Optical Transient( FBOT) but were unsure about its exact origin-until now....

Antarctica plays host to some of the most elusive feats of Mother Nature ever to be seen.... Things change strange colours, animals become abnormally large, and hot lava appears in one of the coldest regions on the Earth.... In recent times, scientists discovered yet another bizarre aspect of life on the frozen continent. Scouring the landscape, researchers came across a croissant shaped speck of stardust, invisible to the naked eye. Using specialist microscopes, they were able to examine what

It was observed gravitationally bound to two ordinary stars. Black holes have previously been spotted orbiting with one other star or one other black hole in what are called binary systems.... A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 9.5 trillion km. This black hole, called V404 Cygni, has been extensively studied since being confirmed in 1992.... The resultant crushed core forms the black hole. But some astronomers have proposed another path to black hole formation called “ direc

Из израильских тюрем отпустили третью группу палестинских заключенных, в нее вошли 39 человек, сообщает телеканал Al Jazeera. ？Представители израильской тюрьмы сообщили, что третья группа из 39 палестинских заключенных была освобождена？,— говорится в сообщении.

--The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death. NASA released the picture Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.... Its infrared eyes observed all the gas and dust flung into space by a huge, hot star 15, 000 light-years away.... A light-year is about 5.8 trillion miles. Shimmering in purple like a cherry blossom, the cast-off material once comprised the star's outer layer....