Earth, Astronomers | featured news

Earth's two moons? It's not lunacy, but new theory

In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big splat."...

 

Mega-star explosion most distant object ever seen

Mega-star explosion most distant object ever seen

It took 13 billion years to reach Earth, but astronomers have seen the light of an exploding mega-star that is the most distant object ever detected, two studies published Thursday reported.

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content