For 30 years, astrophysicists have predicted such a slowdown, but this is the first time it has been measured.
Tag: Milky Way
Magnetized Threads Weave Spectacular Galactic Tapestry
The new panorama of the Galactic Center builds on previous surveys from Chandra and other telescopes. This latest version expands Chandra’s high-energy view farther above and below the plane of…
Stellar eggs near galactic center hatching into baby stars
Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of the Milky Way using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Previous studies had suggested that the…
Very Large Telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
From phys.org by ESO Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of…
Svensmark’s Cosmic Jackpot: “Evidence of nearby supernovae affecting life on Earth”
Note: I’m going to leave this as a sticky “top post” for a day or so. new stories appear below. Nigel Calder asks us to republish this post for maximum…
And now…something refreshing
Time to take a break from global warming. Link to the full video follows. Terje Sorgjerd writes: This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure…