Astronomy

Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches

Astronomers have identified another object from this realm, with a diameter of roughly 310 miles (500 km), that has an atmosphere - albeit a thin one.

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An artist's concept of a dwarf planet.
The Nebra dky disc

TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc

The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.

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Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.

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The central square image, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows shock waves around the dead star RXJ0528+2838.

Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave

In the shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen, and blue represented oxygen residing in interstellar space.

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Introducing Janus, the exotic 'two-faced' white dwarf star

Scienets have observed a white dwarf star, named for the two-faced ancient Roman god, that appears to have two sides with completely different compositions.

JULY 21, 2023ByREUTERS
An artist's concept shows the two-faced white dwarf star nicknamed Janus.

NASA to launch telescopes to investigate 'dark energy' in space

By 2027, a pair of space telescopes will be probing deep space to investigate why the universe's rate of expansion is increasing.

JUNE 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
High-resolution illustration of the Euclid and Roman spacecraft against a starry background.

Is ET phoning home? Astronomers detect unprecedented space signals

Researchers speculate that a mysterious celestial body is sending signals to Earth at regular intervals, raising questions about extraterrestrial contact.

JUNE 25, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
The Moon and the Earth from space

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus harbors essential elements for life

The same team previously confirmed that Enceladus' ice grains contain a rich assortment of minerals and complex organic compounds, including the ingredients for amino acids.

JUNE 15, 2023ByREUTERS
An image of Saturn taken by NASA's shuttle Cassini.

Grapevine June 4, 2023: Remembering Ilan Ramon

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 4, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ILAN RAMON, the first Israeli astronaut, during training at the NASA space center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2002.

Strawberry Moon to shine bright in Sunday morning's sky

The Strawberry Moon will be visible on the night of June 3 and has ancient connections to Native American agriculture.

JUNE 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The moon appears red in the sky.

Scientists expand search for signs of intelligent alien life

Deliberate transmissions to potential aliens from Earth should be considered only if by global consensus humankind deems it safe and appropriate, Gajjar said.

MAY 31, 2023ByREUTERS
Radio telescopes, which are used to find radio broadcasts from space (Illustrative).

Israeli astrophysicists may have solved the mystery of early massive galaxies

A new theoretical model made by Israeli astrophysicists reveals an excess of massive galaxies, in contrast to previously accepted theories.

MAY 31, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Artist's impression of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole (Illustrative).

Milky Way may not be the shape we thought - study

Over the years, astronomers have classified galaxies into three main shapes: elliptical, irregular and spiral.

MAY 18, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. In this image, representing Earth's night sky in 3.75 billion years, Andromeda (left) fills the field of view

Astronomers identify asteroid belt, revealing hidden planets - study

This newly discovered belt may have been discovered after a collision triggered a dust cloud. 

MAY 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Artist's Impression of a collision of two icy asteroid-sized bodies orbiting the bright star Fomalhaut