Meet the new record-holder for the LARGEST BLACK HOLE IN THE UNIVERSE (so far) in this EXPANDED and UPDATED version (in 1080p) of our most popular Cosmic Journeys episode. Our Milky Way may harbor millions of black holes… the ultra dense remnants of dead stars. But now, in the universe far beyond our galaxy, there’s [...]
This new image from ESO shows a section of a cloud of dust and glowing gas called the Seagull Nebula. These wispy red clouds form part of the “wings” of the celestial bird and this picture reveals an intriguing mix of dark and glowing red clouds, weaving between bright stars. This new view was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.
When the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its twentieth anniversary of scouring the stars, this image was released to celebrate the millions of observations Hubble has made. These images provided us with a plethora of information that wasn’t available beforehand. Hubble has literally revolutionized many aspects of astronomy and physics; however, one thing it cannot do [...]
Astronomers recently found a star that is almost as old as the universe itself. The star, dubbed HD 140283, lies approximately 190 light-years from Earth and has taken on the title as the oldest star to have currently been identified, as it is thought to have been formed approximately 600 million years after the [...]
While our sun is a yellow dwarf that’s host to 4 terrestrial planets and 4 gas-giants, it’s far from a “typical” star system. In fact, our solar system is pretty rare in the fact that it doesn’t reside in a binary (two star) system; the vast majority of stars in the universe actually reside [...]
An international team of astronomers, led by David Sobral from Leinden University of the Netherlands used three telescopes located across the globe to study the trends in star formation, from the earliest stars that made up the first galaxies in the universe, up until now. Their findings suggests something quite shocking .. almost 95% [...]
Some of you may recall an article I wrote previously, about a theory that was proposed that said time isn’t an absolute part of the spacetime continuum, or the “fourth dimension,” which it is frequently referred to as — and that the natural world can better be described by removing that part of the equation and [...]
In space no-one can hear you scream… but it is still a noisy Universe. We are familiar with the many stunning images of space, but these are only part of the whole human experience. This lecture takes a new approach to appreciating the Universe, through the vehicle of sound. Once we understand how sound is [...]
In the past, the Universe was believed to be either infinite in size and age, or that it was finite and time was a property that didn’t exist until the inception of the Universe, thus concluding that any events that happened before this era has no affect whatsoever on what happens now. When most people [...]
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One billion stars New view of the blue marble Furthest-ever image of the universe 9 billion pixels of the Milky Way galaxy The view 50 million light years away Panorama of Mars A not-so-dark “dark core” A twister on Mars Saturns storms European panorma at night from the International Space Station The [...]
Presenting 10 pieces of evidence that seem to suggest that maybe we’re not alone in the universe.
Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson
