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17 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
A newly discovered 10-km moon has been found orbiting Uranus thanks to JWST’s ultra-sensitive infrared vision — here’s the story behind this tiny, invisible world. Uranus doesn’t usually make big headlines — no close-up spacecraft in decades after th...
5 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
 A Quiet Visitor from the Stars: Comet 3I/ATLAS Returns Every so often, the Universe reminds us just how small — and yet how deeply connected — we truly are.This November, that reminder comes in the form of a faint, icy traveler from deep space: C...
24 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
How many times have you stopped to look at the Moon? Maybe during a summer night, or while watching a breathtaking eclipse. It's always there—familiar, silent, mysterious. But here’s what we often forget: the Moon is absolutely essential for life on...
22 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
With the recent discovery of 62 new moons, the Lord of the Rings regains its position at the top of the podium for planets with the most natural satellites, reclaiming the spot it had to concede to Jupiter a few months ago. The discovery was announce...
16 Mar 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
Extraordinary astronomer of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was also a telescope designer. But his instruments were not always up to the standards of the time. According to Alexander Pietrow, a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Astr...
11 Mar 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Luke86
NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) are collaborating to build and launch the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (Maia) mission, which aims to study the impact on human health of aerosols that pollute some of the world's most populous cities, includ...
3 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Luke86
On both sides of the Atlantic, the debate between those who believe that a liquid water lake lies beneath the surface of the Red Planet and those who think there are less exciting explanations to account for the signals seen by Mars Express has gaine...
1 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
The small island of Ynys Enlli, off the northwestern coast of Wales, has become the first site in Europe to receive certification as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary from the International Dark-Sky Association. Â Bardsey Island or Ynys Enlli, whic...
28 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Luke86
For decades, astronomers have been trying to understand the origin of the material that makes up Earth and the other rocky planets in our solar system. Two models have been proposed: the Wetherill-type accretion model, which suggests that most of the...
27 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
A new study has detected two pairs of supermassive black holes in two dwarf galaxies on a collision course. The observations were obtained from Chandra X-ray data and could provide useful insights into the evolution of black holes in the early univer...
