Thanks to NASA's Fermi telescope, it has been possible to capture how an incredible binary (two stars orbiting their common center of mass) with a rapidly rotating neutron star, underwent a dramatic change that had never been observed before: the pulsar's beacon it faded as the system became five times brighter in gamma rays (the most powerful form of light).
In the next few days we will be able to enjoy a practically unique astronomical phenomenon: two meteor showers in the same night. The key moment in which the maximum activity of the two meteor showers will occur will be the night of Tuesday, July 29, to Wednesday, July 30.
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (USA) has discovered a new exoplanet whose orbital period is the longest known so far. It has been named Kepler-421b and orbits its star every 704 days.
A team of researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the universities of California and Princeton, in the USA, has managed to recreate the conditions that exist inside the giant planets.
While flying over the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, north of Russia and northwest of Siberia, a group of Russian pilots has discovered a huge and deep grave of unknown origin. Scientists, who are traveling to the area to find out the reasons for the appearance of this huge hole, believe that it was caused by periglacial processes, a possible meteorite or perhaps the release of a gas.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
