Tag: observed
“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,…
New on these dark structures that “look like fingers” observed during solar flares
Twenty years that astronomers wonder what really hides behind the dark structures that seem to fall towards the Sun during an eruption. The hypothesis of a consequence of the magnetic…
A Rarely Observed Type of Black Hole Found in a Galaxy Near Us
The most beautiful discoveries are sometimes made… right next to home. For this time, in the Andromeda galaxy, the spiral galaxy closest to ours. Astronomers have just found an intermediate-sized…
Here is the most powerful supernova in X-rays ever observed
In 2018, astronomers observed the first supernova explosion of a new class called “the Cow”. Today, a team reports discovering news of these amazing explosions. The brightest ever observed in…
Scientists have observed the last moments of a red supergiant star for the first time! 10 times larger than the sun
According to the article published in the Astrophysical Journal, researchers from Northwestern University and the University of California have observed the last 130 days of the red supergiant star, 120…