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Modified Gravity Could Soon Be Ruled Out, Says New Research On Dwarf Galaxies
Modified Gravity Could Soon Be Ruled Out, Says New Research On Dwarf Galaxies
Our Sun Is Lighter Than Ever, And The Problem Is Getting Worse
Our Sun Is Lighter Than Ever, And The Problem Is Getting Worse
Our Sun Is Lighter Than Ever, And The Problem Is Getting Worse
Our Sun Is Lighter Than Ever, And The Problem Is Getting Worse Artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. There are many unknown properties about protoplanetary disks around Sun-like stars, but the general picture of a dusty disk with heavy elements distributed through it is certainly what gave rise to our planets. (ESO/L. CALÇADA)
Sorry, Internet, Some Of Your Favorite Space Pictures Are Fakes
This intricate shot of a person framed by an annular eclipse was set up hours in advance by Colleen Pinski and taken with a zoom lens at a very precise moment during the 2012 annular eclipse. Image credit: Colleen Pinski / Caters News.
Sorry, Internet, Some Of Your Favorite Space Pictures Are Fakes
There are no purple, no green, no indigo/navy, and certainly no pink stars. Image credit: Justin Ng
Sorry, Internet, Some Of Your Favorite Space Pictures Are Fakes
Artist Inga Nielsen made this digital composition, called ‘Hideaway’, years ago. It has gone viral with the caption ‘Sunset at the North Pole’ ever since. It is not a real photo. Image credit: Gate-To-Nowhere of DeviantArt.
Most bright stars in our Milky Way Galaxy reside in a disk. Since our Sun also resides in this disk, these stars appear to us as a diffuse band that circles the sky.
Most Dangerous Places In The Universe -- Identified
Black Hole Eating A Planet | Thread: Most Dangerous Places In The Universe -- Identified
Astronomers report seeing supermassive black hole swallowing star: The unprecedented sight was revealed in bursts of radiation from a constellation 4.5 billion light-years away, scientists say in the journal Nature. Image: An artist’s rendering of a burst of radiation released as a supermassive black hole consumes a star. Credit: Amadeo Bachar / Nature (Source: Los Angeles Times)
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The Center of a Black Hole: Infinitely Massive Singularity or Portal into another Universe?