How Much Oxygen Do We Have Left?
April 13, 2021
An atmosphere rich in oxygen, the vital gas that makes up about 20 percent of the air, is one of the defining
Tag: sun
A Closer Look at the Sun
February 22, 2021
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope of the US National Science Foundation, the world's largest solar observatory, has released its first image
Artificial Photosynthesis
September 24, 2020
As the Earth’s energy problem keeps getting deeper, the world of science continues to chase alternatives to fossil fuels. Currently, two approaches
Blazing Hair of the Sun
September 21, 2020
An international team of solar physicists, including academics from Northumbria University in Newcastle, recently measured the global magnetic field of the solar
Multi-Planet Stars Don’t Show Up Every Day!
August 29, 2020
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO - VLT) recorded the first direct image of a young, sun-like star with its
Incoming, Asteroid!
April 30, 2020
The massive "potentially dangerous" asteroid, dubbed 1998 OR2, is just a few weeks away from its close encounter with the Earth, and
The Edges of the Milky Way
March 26, 2020
Astronomers have reached a new and more precise figure regarding the outer borders of the Milky Way. When you are located inside something,
The Oldest “Thing” on Earth
January 24, 2020
Scientists managed to identify the oldest material on Earth: some stardust discovered inside a gigantic, rock-like meteorite that crashed into our planet
Surface of a Pulsar Mapped
January 19, 2020
In addition to determining that J0030 has about 1.3 solar masses and a width of 25.4 km, they identified two hot spots
Voyager 2 in Outer Space
December 24, 2019
The heliosphere is a bubble-shaped space region where the Sun lies in the centre. You may think of it as an inflated