Astronomy

Einstein was the one who proposed the equations of general relativity, the theory that describes how gravity works, but he was not the first to find a solution to them. That first solution is the one that predicted the existence of black holes.

Can we imagine, with science in hand, to what extent life in the universe can be strange? Is life possible in the stars themselves?

Beneath the dense cloud of cosmic dust at the center of the Messier 77 galaxy lurked a black hole.

The Big Bang was the starting signal for the universe, and we know this from several independent observations that all point in the same direction.

If, on a clear, moonless summer night, we look to the east, where the Milky Way cuts the horizon, we will be looking at the center of our galaxy. Located in the constellation of Sagittarius, we are 27,000 light-years from a center hidden behind an impenetrable fog of interstellar gas and dust.

The IXPE telescope was launched in early December 2021 to study X-ray polarization.

The full moon in February is associated with the time when the heaviest snowfalls are recorded, hence its nickname snow moon. When is?

This galaxy spans 16 million light-years across! His name is Alcyoneus and he is impressive.