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Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first jets ...
The risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth seems to be creeping up as astronomers gather more data, but does that mean we should be scrambling to prepare for an impact in 2032?
This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.
XEphem is a Motif based ephemeris and planetarium program for Unix-like operating systems including Linux. Free and open source software.
Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure 'fingerprint' of the magnetic field. This will help ...
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4,
"Space is only 62 miles up. For me, that's way closer than the state line."
First discovered in the mid-1960s, no cosmic signal has taught us more about the Universe, or spurred more controversy, than the CMB.
The Bullseye Galaxy, classified as LEDA 1313424, is located 45 million light-years from Earth, and this Hubble observation shows us its nine rings in all their glory. For comparison purposes, our own Milky Way galaxy spans about 100,000 light-years . ...