Scientists at Curtin University in Australia discovered rare dust left behind from a supernova explosion inside a meteorite. The discovery is reported in the article, published в The Astrophysical Journal. Researchers used a technique called atom probe tomography to analyze dust particles inside a sample of the ALH 77307 meteorite discovered in Antarctica. This carbonaceous … Read more
2023-12-12 14:20:13 Cassiopeia A (Case A) is the remnant of a supernova in the Milky Way in the form of a kind of very hot plasma bubble about 13 light years in diameter and which telescopes in space can observe in the constellation Cassiopeia. The James Webb’s piercing infrared gaze reveals new details about Cas … Read more
2023-12-12 08:26:00 Heba Al-Sayed wrote Tuesday, December 12, 2023 10:26 AM A new image taken by the James Webb Telescope of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a supernova remnant located 1,000 light-years away, represents a new era in the study of its explosion. Already in April 2023, the Webb MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument) revealed new and … Read more
2023-10-16 15:40:30 Search for new supernovae in our sky. Until now, astronomers spent hours there. Dozens, hundreds, thousands of hours. From now on, they will be able to leave this tedious work to artificial intelligence. She has just proven herself. This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Crab Nebula: relive its terrible supernova explosion Here, … Read more
2023-10-09 20:00:00 Written by Heba Al-Sayed Monday, October 09, 2023 11:00 PM The Hubble Space Telescope recently discovered an extremely bright and fast flash of light that appeared in an unknown location in space, technically known as Fast Blue Light Optical Transient (LFBOT), and the strange thing about this rare event is that it An … Read more
2023-09-29 19:40:16 Swan Lace. This is the poetic name that astronomers give to what remains of a supernova that appeared in our sky around 20,000 years ago. The diameter of this remnant nestled some 1,500 light years from Earth has now reached 120 light years and continues to expand. Herschel’s Swan Lace at Hubble Swan … Read more
Will the stars die? When you accidentally discover a sparkling star in the vast universe and the black night sky, there is a moment when you suddenly wonder about the star’s life. With the development of technology, it has become possible to clearly observe numerous moments of stars that are difficult to observe with the … Read more