The fascination with figuring out the part that the Milky Way may have played in the culture and religion of ancient Egypt has led astrophysicist Dr. Or Graur, associate professor at the University of Portsmouth, to identify what may be the first known visual representation of our galaxy in Egyptian art. In his study, published […]
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All but one of Andromeda’s 37 satellite galaxies point toward the Milky Way—something so strange it challenges current cosmology
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy has revealed that the dwarf galaxies orbiting around Andromeda, our neighboring galaxy, are distributed in such an uneven way that it calls into question the most widely accepted cosmological theories. According to the researchers, this asymmetric arrangement is so extreme that it is almost impossible to explain with […]
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Huge Invisible Molecular Cloud Discovered Near Earth
In a discovery that challenges conventional astronomical observation techniques, a team of researchers led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick has identified a colossal molecular hydrogen cloud, one of the largest structures in the sky and one of the closest to Earth. The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn, was detected using an […]
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A Magnetar of Unknown Origin, Capable of Destroying Atoms a Thousand Kilometers Away, Is Crossing the Milky Way
A rogue magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, is crossing our galaxy without a clear trace of its birth, according to a study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. This object, initially discovered in 2008 by NASA’s Swift observatory, is one of the 30 known magnetars in the Milky Way, but its behavior challenges conventional theories […]
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The Abyss of Barnard 68, a Great Dark Spot in the Firmament
On the vast canvas of the cosmos, where starlight typically reigns supreme, there are regions in which darkness not only persists, but dominates. One of them is Barnard 68, a dark nebula that, despite its apparent invisibility, holds one of the most fascinating secrets of the universe: the birth of a star. Located in the […]
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Scientists Propose We Live in a Slowly Rotating Universe That Completes One Rotation Every 500 Billion Years
A team of scientists has proposed a revolutionary idea to explain one of the greatest contradictions in our understanding of the universe: the discrepancy in measuring its rate of expansion, known as the Hubble Tension. According to a study published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the answer might lie in […]
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The Extraordinary Sweden Solar System That Spans the Entire Country
The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish territory. It was created by astronomers Nils Brenning and Gösta Gahm to help visualize and understand the immense scale of our planetary system. The scale of the Sweden Solar System is 1:20 million. This […]
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The Adorant: The Ice Age Sculpture That Is the Oldest Figurative Representation of a Constellation
In the Geißenklösterle cave, located in the Swabian Jura near Blaubeuren, Germany, an exceptional piece of prehistoric art was discovered in 1979: a carved mammoth ivory plaque, dated between 35,000 and 32,000 years ago. Known as The Adorant (Der Adorant), this small work of art from the Upper Paleolithic is one of the most striking […]
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A Total Solar Eclipse May Have Been the Reason Why the Ancient Egyptians Stopped Building Monumental Pyramids
An astronomical event may have marked the end of one of the most emblematic dynasties of ancient Egypt. A total solar eclipse that occurred on April 1, 2471 BCE, could have had a direct connection to the fall of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the era of the great pyramid builders. This discovery has been analyzed in […]
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Astronomers Observe a Bright Emission from a Galaxy in the Mysterious Haze of the Early Universe
An international team of astronomers has detected the bright hydrogen emission coming from a galaxy located in an unusually early period of cosmic history, thanks to the unprecedented infrared sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This finding challenges existing theories on early galaxy formation and raises questions about the evolution of the universe […]
