Galaxy

Galactic 'rain' could be the key to new star formation

Posted in Science on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

When conditions are right, these cooling gas clouds help make stars.

Looking deeply into the universe in 3D

Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever 3D view of the deep universe.

Could dark matter cause some mass extinctions?

Posted in Science on 21st Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

In Earths path through our Galaxy, dark matter may perturb comets and lead to heating in the Earths core, both of which could be connected with mass extinctions.

Could we travel to other parts of our galaxy via a giant wormhole?

Posted in Science on 25th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

There could be a space-time tunnel (wormhole) in our galaxy that would allow us to travel to a distant location.

Aragoscope is space telescope system that could achieve 1000 times higher resolution than Hubble

Posted in Hardware on 24th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new space telescope concept could allow scientists to image space objects like black hole event horizons and plasma swaps between stars