Habitability within our Galaxy – Could complex life exist elsewhere?
A team of researchers has presented a new model of habitability within the Milky Way. According to their calculations, more […]
Through the looking glass – A cosmic parity violation?
Astrophysicists have always assumed that our Universe has a “mirror” symmetry. Researchers are now trying to test this assumption, and […]
Astronomy Quiz #2
Here is the new astronomy quiz! A lot of you answered the previous one, and as I wrote last week, I’ll post a new quiz regularly. I hope you will enjoy this one too, and don’t hesitate to give me some feedback and comments so that I can keep improving these quizzes!
Epic galactic storms shut down star formation
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has found gigantic storms of molecular gas gusting in the centers of many galaxies. These powerful […]
An extremely old galaxy challenges theory
Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy whose stars were born unexpectedly early in our Universe’s history. The observation, which would […]