Schematic representation of the tilted accretion disk model. The rotation axis of the black hole is assumed to be straight up and down in this image. The direction of the beam is almost perpendicular to the plane of the disk. The misalignment between the rotation axis of the black hole and the rotation axis of…
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As Photo by the ambassador of the European Southern Observatory and a member The World At Night and official astrophotographer Alqueva Dark Sky Reservationspecializes in astronomical “Skyscapes” that connect the Earth and the…
what is it: Arp 107, a pair of galaxies in the midst of a collision. When taken: September 18, 2023. Where it is: 465 million light years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor. Why it’s so weird: This image shows the Hubble Space Telescope cosmic collision two very different types of galaxies. While the…
Los Angeles Clippers cheerleader Sarah Seese spent the summer at beautiful Laguna Beach, soaking up the sun and enjoying the gorgeous scenery. Check out the shared images of her posing in a black two-piece swimsuit and pink hat as she stands in the surf. “Laguna vibes🫰🏼🌊,” she captioned the post. “I love Laguna. Trying to…
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has shared a beautiful new image of stars streaking across the night sky. It was taken at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The observatory is home to A very large telescope (VLT), which consists of four unit telescopes and four smaller, movable auxiliary telescopes, such as the…
Try to imagine Saturn without its signature rings. Now imagine two large icy moons gradually moving closer together until – boom. Chaos. What was solid is now liquid. Diamante’s shards scatter into the darkness. Many icy fragments crash into Saturn’s vicinity, linger there, and dance around the gas giant in unison, eventually forming beautiful heavy-body…
Summer 2023 was a treat for full moon fans. We’ve seen four supermoons in a row since July, including August’s rare Super Blue Moon, and this weekend the last supermoon of the year, September’s Harvest Moon, gave sky watchers one last lunar thrill of the season. When the Moon is at or near perigee, the…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To inbox it, register for free here. CNN — After a nearly 4 billion mile round trip, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully arrived NASA’s first asteroid sample to the ground. The capsule, containing rocks and soil collected from the asteroid Bennu, made a…
Magnify / The morning sun shines through the morning fog in the countryside of Chongqing, China, on September 14, 2023. Every year from September to December, Lubna Dada makes clouds. Dada, an atmospheric scientist, gathers with dozens of her colleagues to conduct experiments in a 7,000-gallon stainless steel chamber at CERN in Switzerland. “It’s like…
Scientists created the new material by coating DNA with a pure form of glass, resulting in a substance that is lighter and stronger than steel. This ground-breaking discovery using nanoscale glass structuring and the unique properties of DNA has the potential for a variety of engineering and defense applications. (concept art) Scientists have developed a…
