Billions of years ago, a star may have passed incredibly close to our Solar System, triggering a series of cosmic events that led to the creation of the moons around the outer planets and the unusual orbits of distant celestial bodies. This new theory, backed by over 3,000 computer simulations, was proposed by a team […]
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Astronomers Discover Galaxy Being Devoured by a Supermassive Black Hole
A team of international researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a galaxy from the early universe that is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Approximately the size of the Milky Way, this galaxy exists around two billion years after the Big Bang and hosts a […]
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The Tired Light Theory and James Webb Telescope Observations Challenge the Validity of the Big Bang
A recent study by an engineer from Kansas State University offers new observational support for a century-old theory that directly challenges the validity of the Big Bang theory. Lior Shamir, an associate professor of computer science, used images from three different telescopes and data from over 30,000 galaxies to measure the redshift of galaxies in […]
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Evidence Found for the Origin of Sagittarius A*, the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Supermassive black holes, celestial objects with masses greater than a million times that of the Sun, remain one of the greatest enigmas of the cosmos. These dark giants, located at the center of most galaxies, have an origin that has intrigued scientists for decades. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Nevada, Las […]
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Astronomers Find Most of the Universe is Darkness, and Its Light Has Been Fading for 10 Billion Years
Scientists have taken a virtual trip to the far reaches of our solar system to measure the faint glow that fills the universe, called the cosmic optical background. This glow is the dim light left behind by stars and galaxies that have formed and burned out since the beginning of the cosmos. The study, published […]
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Argo Navis, the Ancient Constellation So Large It Had to Be Divided Into Three
In the depths of the southern sky, where the stars appear brighter and more numerous, there once existed a constellation so vast and majestic that modern astronomers were forced to divide it. In ancient times, sailors would look up to a sky studded with stars, identifying patterns that helped them navigate both the seas and […]
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First and largest Egyptian astronomical observatory of the 6th century BC discovered in Kafr El-Sheikh
Archaeologists in Egypt have made an interesting discovery at the ancient temple of Buto in Tell El-Fara’in, Kafr El-Sheikh province. An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities has unearthed what is believed to be the first and largest astronomical observatory from the 6th century B.C. This extraordinary find highlights the advanced knowledge […]
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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs came from somewhere between Jupiter and Saturn
A recent study led by scientists from the University of Cologne has provided insights into the origins of the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. The research, published in the journal Science, reveals that this catastrophic asteroid likely originated from a region of space beyond Jupiter, in the […]
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Measurement that the universe expands at 67.4 kilometers per second per megaparsec confirms the validity of the cosmological model
Scientists have been debating how fast our universe is expanding, a rate that is called the “Hubble constant”. For the past 20 years, two main methods of measuring this rate have given different results, leading some to wonder if our understanding of the universe was incomplete. However, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope […]
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Compass Possibly Belonging to Nicolaus Copernicus Unearthed at Frombork Cathedral Gardens
In a fascinating turn of events for archaeology and astronomy enthusiasts, a 500-year-old compass that might have belonged to the legendary Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus has been unearthed. This discovery was made by the Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna, an amateur archaeological exploration group in Poland. The compass, crafted from a copper alloy, was found buried beneath […]
