Astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there
astrophysics
The universe might think, the Big Bang might repeat, and copies of you might live in parallel worlds...
When comets strike Earth they excavate & melt large portions of the mantle causing the molten rock to rise to the surface & float
“It was a special moment, crossing an important threshold in exoplanet sciences”
Gas cloud Barnard 68 gives us an idea of what a space void might look like if we could peer through the stars at one
It was preceded by the first image released earlier on Tuesday
The discovery may mean scientists have to re-think where they look for clues about dark matter
“Imagine if Earth were much, much closer to the Sun”
We have known for the better part of a century that the universe is expanding by the observation that galaxies are moving away from us
Using big telescopes, astronomers see millions of galaxies out there – and they just keep going, in every direction