Astronomy

Meteorites, the threat that comes from the sky

Despite the apparent stillness of the skies, we live in a dangerous place, continually threatened by a pleiad of rocks that travel through space at speeds of 50 kilometers per second.

This is the best image of the Sun so far

The new image of our star's entire disk is 83 million pixels. It has been thanks to Solar Orbiter.

What was the 'Lorimer Outburst'?

At the end of September 2007 we became aware that a new phenomenon had appeared in the sky, something that astronomers did not even know existed.

Everyday phenomena that are rare in space

There are things that happen in space differently than they do on Earth. Here are some striking examples.

Gold and uranium come from neutron star collisions

The atoms in our body all have an astronomical origin, from the Big Bang to cosmic rays, through the collision of neutron stars

The Milky Way is older than we thought

galactic archaeology. How old are the stars in our galaxy? Gaia has discovered an unexpected fact about the youngest years of the Milky Way.

How does a supernova explode?

When a very massive star reaches the end of its days, it dies in a big way, with a terrible explosion that makes it the brightest star in the galaxy. This is what happens to you.

Mercury could be covered in diamonds

Billions of years of collisions could have turned much of the planet's crust into gemstones.

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