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Nasa engineers bring Voyager 1 back to life after interstellar glitch
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNasa's Voyager 1 probe was launched in 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually...
Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer's claim sparks debate, criticism
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHarvard astronomer Avi Loeb believes he has found pieces of the first known interstellar meteorite....
Water in space – a 'Goldilocks' star reveals previously hidden step in how water gets to planets...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe star system V883 Orionis contains a rare star surrounded by a disk of gas, ice and dust. A....
Supermassive black holes are messy eaters big on recycling
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn illustration of a supermassive black hole impacted the distribution of the interstellar medium. a...
Cosmic 'superbubbles' might be throwing entire galaxies into chaos, theoretical study hints
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen there are multiple supernovas in the same galaxy, they can leave enormous voids that tamper...
Hundreds of supernova remnants remain hidden in our galaxy. These astronomers want to find them
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA beautiful, textured and blue supernova remnant image. A new search for supernova remnants in our...
Can stars form around black holes?
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoArtist’s illustration of a star found in the closest orbit known around a black hole in the globular cluster named 47 Tucanae. In the 1930s, when...
Time-lapse video shows a supernova's aftermath ballooning into space
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn orange ribbon of plasma stretches across the center of a starry view. It is a remarkable age that...
Is the vacuum of space truly empty?
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEven though the density of interstellar space is billions of times lower than even our emptiest human-made vacuum chambers, it's not 100% percent empty.
Astronomers gain new understanding of how galaxies age and form into spiral shapes
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoArtist concept of the Milky Way NASA/JPL-Caltech Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is known for its...