Posts tagged as: Astronomy

South Africa to host world’s largest astronomy project

South Africa to host world’s largest astronomy project SOUTH AFRICA has won the right to host the vast majority of the world’s biggest astronomy project, a development local scientists hope will put Africa on the map in terms of scientific research and development. The nations belonging to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organisation announced that […]

NuSTAR to probe the insides of super massive black holes

On a modest budget of 165 million $, NASA has developed NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) which will probe the insides of the super massive black holes hidden inside of galaxies Both space-based telescopes are sensitive to high-energy photons produced at the thresholds of supermassive black holes. NuSTAR will be ferried into orbit by a […]

Stellar Swirls of NGC 5907 caused by Ancient Galactic Collision

Recent astronomical simulations suggest that the enormous swirls of stars that surround NGC 5907 galaxy which is located 50 million light years away from us, in the Draco constellation, were formed when two galaxies of the same size collided about 9 billion years ago. This research was by Wang et al in the journal Astronomy […]

US and Australian astronomers found youngest planet by cosmic trick photography

  US and Australian astronomers found youngest planet by cosmic trick photography Astronomers from the University of Hawaii have captured the first direct image of a new planet forming around a star. The new found planet is dubbed as LkCa 15 b, the youngest planet so far. The astronomers captured it through cosmic trick photography […]

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