A recent image taken by the ESA / NASA Hubble telescope has identified a stardust factory. It is an area of the Iris Nebula or NGC 7023, illuminated by the light of a nearby star, HD 200775, and similar to a large cotton cloud.
A Martian meteorite discovered in 1992 in Antarctica could contain fossil remains of microorganisms that lived on the red planet. The rock, named Allen Hills or ALH 84001, originated 4,000 million years ago.
A "vampire star" that feeds on others in its constellation to increase its brightness has been analyzed by astronomers with the help of the VLT telescope and could help to understand the role of dark energy in the universe.
In the north of Chile, on a plateau of stones, the four metal cylinders that make up the Very Large Telescope (VLT) - the most advanced optical observatory in the world - stand guard 2,635 meters above the Pacific Ocean.
Every November, the orbit of the Earth passes through the trail of dust from Comet Temple-Tuttle, giving rise to the Leonid meteor shower, relatively low intensity shooting stars that will be seen today and tomorrow.
Comet hunter Rosetta, from the European Space Agency (ESA), will fly over Earth's orbit tomorrow, November 13, to take the precise momentum to begin the last phase of his ten-year journey outside our Solar System.
Celestia is a free, three-dimensional space simulator with an extensive catalog of stars (100,000), galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and even artificial satellites and spaceships.
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.
