Two recent studies shed new light on the Moon’s origin story, suggesting that there’s more to the formation of Earth’s natural satellite. One study claims a messier origin to the Moon with multiple collisions that birthed...
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Chinese scientists have built an “artificial moon” research facility that will enable them to simulate low-gravity environments using magnetism. Scientists plan to use the artificial moon facility to test...
Glowing with the radiance of 10 million times that of our own Sun, Pistol Star is one of the intrinsically brightest stars in our Galaxy. It appears as the bright white dot in the centre of this image. Related articles:...
If the universe is infinite in size, you don’t really need to worry about this conundrum. The universe, being all there is infinitely big and has no edge, so there’s no outside to even talk about. Related articles:...
The Milky Way Galaxy contains more than 150 globular clusters. The exact number is uncertain because of obscuration by dust in the Milky Way band, which probably prevents some globular clusters from being seen. Messier...