Tag: Universe
The protective bubble of the Solar System, the heliosphere, would be shaped by the Universe
The heliosphere is that kind of bubble that protects our entire Solar System from cosmic radiation. And for a long time, astronomers have sought to characterize it. Today, they show…
Magellan’s gas stream is 5 times closer to Earth and will collide faster
The Magellanic Current is the name that astronomers give to a huge flow of gas that winds around our Galaxy, the Milky Way. And today, researchers are suggesting that this…
JWST: how the space telescope will unfold in space
After launching from Guyana on December 18, the James-Webb Space Telescope will be sent 1.5 million kilometers from Earth on a month-long trip. The aircraft and its various instruments will…
One in five galaxies in the Universe is believed to be hiding behind cosmic dust
Thanks to increasingly efficient telescopes, we are now able to detect primitive galaxies hitherto barely visible because they are hidden behind a thick curtain of cosmic dust. Scientists estimate that…
What is the biggest star in the universe?
The size of some stars in the universe is impressive compared to the modest size of the Sun. The mass of other stars is also astonishing (a large star is…
Metaverse: Facebook plans to hire 10,000 people to build ‘fictional universe’
Facebook announced that it plans to hire 10,000 people in European Union (EU) member countries to build the “metaverse” (fictional universe), the virtual reality version of the internet, which the…
Cosmology: what is it?
The term of cosmology refers to the branch of astrophysics which is concerned with the origin, nature, structure and evolution of the universe taken as a whole. Cosmology and general…