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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has snapped a breathtaking image of the newborn star HH30, located about 450 light...
18/07/2025

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has snapped a breathtaking image of the newborn star HH30, located about 450 light-years away in the Ta**us constellation.

Originally spotted by Hubble, HH30 lies in a dark cloud and is perfect for JWST’s powerful infrared view. The image shows a flat disk of gas and dust edge-on, with jets and outflows blasting into space—classic signs of a star being born.

By combining data from JWST, Hubble, and ALMA, astronomers revealed how dust in the disk clumps together, a key step in planet formation. They also found a narrow jet and a wider cone-shaped outflow from the star.

This discovery gives new insight into how stars and planets—like those in our own Solar System—come to life.

📄 Research by Tazaki R. et al. (2025), shared by NASA & ESA

🪐 A Fossil World Joins the Solar System’s Edge!Astronomers have discovered Ammonite — a distant frozen relic officially ...
18/07/2025

🪐 A Fossil World Joins the Solar System’s Edge!

Astronomers have discovered Ammonite — a distant frozen relic officially designated 2023 KQ₁₄ — orbiting far beyond Neptune. With a perihelion of 66 AU (twice Neptune’s distance) and a semi-major axis of 252 AU, Ammonite takes an incredible 4,000 years to complete just one orbit around the Sun!

🔍 Tracked Across Decades
This icy object was identified using 19 years of archival data from observatories like Subaru, CFHT, DECam, and Kitt Peak. Its stable orbit over 4.5 billion years earned it the nickname:
“Fossil of the Ancient Solar System.”

🌀 A Puzzling Orbit
Unlike other distant “sednoids” (Sedna, 2012 VP113, Leleākūhonua) that share similar paths, Ammonite’s orbit points in the opposite direction — a clue to mysterious forces shaping the outer Solar System.

🤯 Why It Matters
Could Ammonite reveal evidence of a long-lost stellar sibling or help constrain theories about Planet Nine? Simulations hint it once danced in sync with other sednoids before drifting apart over billions of years.

🧭 A Beacon to the Unknown
Ammonite’s discovery hints that many more hidden worlds could be waiting beyond the Kuiper Belt. The quest to map the Solar System’s edge has only just begun!

📄 Source: Ying-Tung Chen et al., Nature Astronomy (2025).

Mark your calendars! 🌕✨ September’s sky is serving up two spectacular eclipses! 🌌✨ Sept 7–8: A breathtaking Blood Moon a...
18/07/2025

Mark your calendars! 🌕✨ September’s sky is serving up two spectacular eclipses! 🌌

✨ Sept 7–8: A breathtaking Blood Moon as the Moon dives deep into Earth’s shadow, glowing a haunting red for 80+ minutes—visible across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

☀️ Sept 21: A dramatic partial solar eclipse greets the Southern Hemisphere! Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica will witness the Sun partially covered, creating a rare cosmic sunrise.

Two celestial events, two unforgettable nights. Don’t miss September’s magic!”

Absolutely breathtaking! 🌍Our tiny blue planet, Earth, perfectly framed between Saturn’s majestic icy rings. A cosmic ma...
18/07/2025

Absolutely breathtaking! 🌍

Our tiny blue planet, Earth, perfectly framed between Saturn’s majestic icy rings. A cosmic masterpiece!

Once upon a time
18/07/2025

Once upon a time

🚀 Voyager 1’s Journey ContinuesRight now, signals from Earth take 23 hours and 9 minutes to reach Voyager 1—and the same...
16/07/2025

🚀 Voyager 1’s Journey Continues

Right now, signals from Earth take 23 hours and 9 minutes to reach Voyager 1—and the same time for a reply to come back.

Looking ahead, Voyager 1 is expected to reach a major milestone in January 2027: a distance of one light day from the Sun
(about 25.9 billion kilometers). This will mark 50 years since its launch! By then, the spacecraft should still be active,
but engineers might need to turn off some scientific instruments as its power supply runs low.

To put this journey into perspective, the nearest star to our solar system, Proxima Centauri, is 4.24 light-years away.
At its current speed, it would take Voyager 1 around 74,000 years to get there!

Even at such incredible distances, Voyager 1 continues to amaze us with its long-lasting mission.

🚀Image credit: NASA

🌟💥 One day—maybe tomorrow, maybe 100,000 years from now—Betelgeuse will explode in a dazzling supernova.When that moment...
16/07/2025

🌟💥 One day—maybe tomorrow, maybe 100,000 years from now—Betelgeuse will explode in a dazzling supernova.

When that moment comes, the red supergiant in Orion will shine brighter than the full Moon, visible even in daylight for weeks or months. At its peak, it could cast shadows at night, becoming the second-brightest object in the sky after the Sun.

Astronomers will watch the explosion in real time—the shockwave racing through space, the birth of new elements like iron, gold, and even the building blocks of life itself.

But what happens after the fireworks? Betelgeuse’s fate depends on what remains. If its core is heavy enough, it could collapse into a black hole, a place where not even light can escape. If not, it will shrink into a neutron star—so dense that a single sugar cube of its material would weigh a billion tons on Earth.

Either way, Orion will never be the same. One of its brightest stars will vanish, leaving behind only a ghost—a cosmic reminder of a star that lived fast and died brilliantly. 🔥✨

Spending just one hour near a black hole might be the equivalent of thousands of years passing here on Earth.This astoni...
16/07/2025

Spending just one hour near a black hole might be the equivalent of thousands of years passing here on Earth.

This astonishing effect is called gravitational time dilation, a concept from Albert Einstein’s general relativity. Massive objects like black holes bend and stretch spacetime around them, making time flow at vastly different rates depending on how close you are.

Billions of years ago, the first stars in the universe burned hydrogen and helium in their cores, creating heavier eleme...
16/07/2025

Billions of years ago, the first stars in the universe burned hydrogen and helium in their cores, creating heavier elements like carbon, oxygen, and iron. When those massive stars ran out of fuel, they exploded in giant supernovae, scattering those elements into space.

Over time, that stardust mixed with gas and formed new stars, planets—and eventually Earth. The carbon in your cells, the oxygen you breathe, even the calcium in your bones all came from those ancient explosions.

So, when we say “Every atom in your body was once part of a star that exploded,” it’s true—you really are made of stardust. ✨

July 17, 2025 – Perseid Meteor Shower Begins 🌠The famous Perseids start lighting up the sky around July 17! Activity wil...
16/07/2025

July 17, 2025 – Perseid Meteor Shower Begins 🌠

The famous Perseids start lighting up the sky around July 17! Activity will be very low at first, but it’s the official beginning of one of the year’s most beloved meteor showers.

When to look (night of July 17–18):

The Perseid radiant (in Perseus) is above the horizon all night in most of the U.S. and Canada. It climbs higher after midnight, which improves your chances.

Best hours: Late night into early morning, about midnight to dawn (local time)—though a bright waning gibbous Moon will wash out faint meteors this year.

What to expect:

Only a few Perseids per hour this early in the shower, even under dark skies. With moonlight, the count will likely be very low—set expectations accordingly.

You might catch some extra “shooting stars” from other minor showers or random sporadic meteors.

Heads-up: The Perseids build in activity every night and peak August 12–13, though in 2025 the Moon will still be bright during the peak.

✨ Tip: Find the darkest sky possible, block the Moon with a building or trees, and let your eyes adjust for 20–30 minutes.

Nestled 100 light-years away in the Dorado constellation, TOI 700 e is a thrilling world with the potential to support l...
15/07/2025

Nestled 100 light-years away in the Dorado constellation, TOI 700 e is a thrilling world with the potential to support liquid water! 🌊💫

🔭 What We Know About TOI 700 e:

🌍 Earth-like Size – Roughly 95% the size of Earth, and likely rocky!
🌞 Habitable Zone – Situated in the 'optimistic' habitable zone, suggesting water could have existed here at some point.
🌌 Part of a Special System – TOI 700 e is part of the TOI 700 system, which also contains TOI 700 d, another habitable-zone planet discovered in 2020.
🌀 Orbital Period – TOI 700 e completes its orbit in 28 days, while its sibling, TOI 700 d, takes 37 days to circle its star.
🔴 Host Star – Orbiting around a cool M dwarf star, TOI 700 e, like its neighbors, must stay close to its star to stay warm enough for liquid water.
🌓 Tidal Locking – Similar to the Moon, one side of TOI 700 e always faces its star, creating a permanent day side and night side.

🌟 Why This Discovery Matters:

🔍 A New Potential for Life – This exoplanet adds another promising world to the search for habitable planets.
🪐 Understanding Planetary Evolution – Researching these planets helps us understand how planetary systems form and evolve.
🔭 Refining Our Search for Life – Identifying small, rocky planets in habitable zones narrows the search for life beyond Earth!

📜 REFERENCE:
Gilbert E. et al. (2023) “A Second Earth-Sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of the M Dwarf, TOI-700” (ApJL 944 L35)

On March 2, 2025, a set of advanced science and technology instruments successfully reached the lunar surface, where the...
15/07/2025

On March 2, 2025, a set of advanced science and technology instruments successfully reached the lunar surface, where they operated for approximately one lunar day—about 14 Earth days.

This milestone is part of NASA’s Artemis campaign and the CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative, which enables private companies to deliver science payloads to the Moon.

It also marks a major achievement for Firefly Aerospace—this was both their first Moon landing and their first CLPS mission, opening a new chapter in commercial lunar exploration.

Image credit: Firefly Aerospace

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