Space

Scientists finally calculated the mass of our milky way

Scientists used sophisticated models to calculate the mass of the Milky Way.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft discovered Texas-size cyclone on Jupiter

Data from JIRAM suggest the new cyclone's wind speeds average 225 mph.

Weighing supermassive black holes

New link found between mass of Supermassive black holes and their host galaxies.

How spiral-shaped galaxies get their iconic shape?

Our Milky Way galaxy has an elegant spiral shape with long arms filled with stars, but exactly how it took this form has long puzzled scientists.

Astronomers discovered a giant planet orbiting a dead white dwarf star

The planet is thought to be over four times the size of the Earth-sized white dwarf.

Shedding new light on the Sun

This first data from Parker reveals our star, the Sun, in new and surprising ways.

First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found

ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporating

Astronomers discover the heaviest black hole in the nearby universe

Heavyweight in the heart of the Abell 85 central galaxy

Cracking the 60-year-old mystery of Sun’s magnetic waves

Why the Sun’s magnetic waves strengthen and grow as they emerge from its surface?

How the solar wind evolves with increasing distance from the Sun?

SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun.

NASA’s LRO found Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram Lander on the moon

The image shows the Vikram Lander impact point.

Mapping our galaxy’s magnetic field

Expanding our knowledge of the Milky Way's 3-D structure.

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