Tag: observed
6.5 million light years: this is the largest shock wave ever observed in the Universe
The South African MeerKAT radio telescope is a precursor to the telescope Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a giant radio telescope project consisting of several interferometric networks in metric and centimetric…
Alcyonea, the largest radio galaxy ever observed
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Radio astronomy catches distant galaxies giving birth to stars Thanks to the International Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a large network of 70,000 radio…
A strange triangle-shaped galaxy observed by Hubble
The Nasa and theESA recently uploaded stunning images taken by the telescope Hubble showing some examples of colliding galaxies that are part of L’Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, also commonly called…
Discovery of the largest galaxy ever observed
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Radio astronomy catches distant galaxies giving birth to stars Thanks to the International Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a large network of 70,000 radio…
“It’s the most extreme wave ever observed”: off Canada, a huge rogue wave
The rogue waves are impressive. And the one observed by researchers off Canada in November 2020 may have been even more so than the others. With its nearly 18 meters…
Unistellar citizen astronomers observed hundreds of exoplanets and asteroids in 2021
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Test of the Unistellar eVscope, a telescope like no other We tested the eVscope from the French startup Unistellar. EV for “enhanced vision”,…
Animals of science: a chimpanzee mother observed treating her son’s wounds with insects
“Beasts of science” is like a collection of stories. Beautiful stories that tell the living in all its freshness. But also in all its complexity. A parenthesis to marvel at…
Megaflash: the longest flash ever observed crossed three states!
New satellite instruments from the World Meteorological Organization recorded titanic flashes, two of which broke world records. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Kézako: where do lightning come from,…
The impressive size of the longest flash ever observed!
New satellite instruments from the World Meteorological Organization recorded titanic flashes, two of which broke world records. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Kézako: where do lightning come from,…
Megaflash: here is the longest flash ever observed!
New satellite instruments from the World Meteorological Organization recorded titanic flashes, two of which broke world records. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Kézako: where do lightning come from,…