astronomy

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth observation every day....

Paris (AFP) – The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations revealed Monday, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding destruction....

So I’ve been posting space related stuff here for a while over !space to distribute content more, within the last few weeks though it was closed and now directs posting to this other mander space comm !space which is titled “Space & Astronomy”...

Zoomable images: esa.int/…/New_full_Sun_views_show_sunspots_fields…

I was about 30 years old when I talked to my mother about some program on TV about astronomy when she mentioned that our sun is a star. It's like all the other stars we see during the night, it's just closer to us so it appears bigger. My mind was blown. I didn't understand how I could have lived for 30 years and never thought...

I still can’t believe how this one comes back again and again. One of the greatest feat of humanity.

Was out with a bunch of fellow geologists, who all got a kick out of looking at Saturn and the moon. Was only taking pictures with my phone, and so didn’t get a good shot of Saturn, but thought this one of the moon was nice.

Our Universe appears to be expanding and cooling, having originated some 13.8 billion years ago in a hot Big Bang. However, it’s plausible that what we see from inside our Universe is simply the result of being inside a black hole that formed from some parent Universe. If the black holes that form in our cosmos give birth to...