Webb finds young sun-like star forging common crystals and flinging them into its outer disk

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...
Astronomy

Oct. 23, 1893: Birth of Ernest Opik

Ernest Opik, an Estonian astronomer based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944, commenced research on the frequencies and speeds of meteors and comets in the 1920s. In 1932, Opik ...
The Conversation

Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust have captured the movement of the Milky Way’s spiral arms

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Astronomy

Will Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 be damaged when they pass through the Oort Cloud?

Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977, have traversed the heliopause and are currently in interstellar space, with Voyager 1 significantly farther from the Sun due to its higher velocity. The Oort Cloud, ...
IFLScience

Voyager Will Reach A Hypothetical Region In 300 Years – And Will Take 30,000 Years To Go Through It

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Daily Progress

An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workings

NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...