A recent article published in Nature Astronomy details evidence that some white dwarfs stay warmer for longer due to the…
Centaurus A: Our neighbour in the process of merging
NOIRLab recently released the above new photo of Centaurus A: The galaxy Centaurus A, which lies over 12 million light-years…
Perseverance pays off
After trying, failing, and trying again the Perseverance rover has finally managed to take a rock sample from the surface…
A supernova from a merger with a black hole or neutron star
From EurekAlert: Astronomers have found dramatic evidence that a black hole or neutron star spiraled its way into the core…
China lands a rover on Mars
Last week China landed a rover on Mars. Named Zhurong, it landed in the northern Utopia Planitia region and will…
New all-sky map shows the trail left by the Large Magellanic Cloud
Astronomers recently released the above map of the Milky Way’s furthest reaches — the galactic halo. The band across the…
Ingenuity Mars helicopter moves to a new location
On Friday, the Ingenuity helicopter took its fifth flight on Mars. For the first time it landed in a new…
Chinese rocket booster to crash somewhere this weekend
It’s not going to hit you (probably), but a Chinese Long March 5B rocket booster is going to crash somewhere…
Giant Radio Pulses: Now Available in X-Rays
Six and a half thousand light years away is the dense remnant of a supernova. It’s the size of a…
A Black Hole Feeding on an Ageing Star Powers a Mysterious Microquasar
A new paper by Qin Han and Xiang-Dong Li of Nanjing University, due to be published in the Astrophysical Journal,…
