1. Betelgeuse resolved The sharpest image ever of Betelgeuse shows a mammoth star that is slowly evaporating. A recent image from the Very Large Telescope in Chile resolves not only the face of Betelgeuse, but a large and previously unknown plume of surrounding gas. This plume gives fresh indications of how the massive star is …
The interface between a sunspot’s central and outer regions shows a complex structure. Image credit: Matthias Rempel/NCAR In a breakthrough that will help scientists unlock mysteries of the Sun and its impacts on Earth, scientists have created the first-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots. The resulting visuals capture both scientific detail and remarkable beauty. The …
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Image from Stellarium Sky map program Click here to view the original Popular Mechanics article In 1918, magician extraordinaire Harry Houdini created a sensation when he made a 4 500 kg elephant disappear before a mystified audience of over 5 200 at New York’s famed Hippodrome theatre. But a vanishing pachyderm is nothing compared …
Cassini imaging scientists used views like this one to help them identify the source locations for individual jets spurting ice particles, water vapour and trace organic compounds from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Image credit: Nasa/JPL/Space Science Institute For the first time, scientists working on Nasa’s Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice …
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Figure 1. Extending over many thousands of kilometers and with a mass of more than 100 billion tonnes, a twisting solar prominence protrudes out of the Sun’s corona in the bottom left of this image. Magnetic fields are heavily involved in the formation of these and other solar features, such as flares and coronal mass …
