by admin | Aug 25, 2024 | Black holes, News, simulation, space, Space News, star, The Conversation
Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars. This leads to a dramatic and complex process as the star plunging towards the supermassive black hole is spaghettified and torn to shreds. The... by admin | Aug 3, 2024 | News, Nova, space, Space News, star, stargazing, The Conversation
The stars aren’t fixed and unchanging, unlike what many ancient people thought. Once in a while, a star appears where there wasn’t one before, and then it fades away in a matter of days or weeks. The earliest record of such a “guest star,” named so by ancient Chinese... by admin | Oct 29, 2023 | Earth, Nasa, News, space, Space News, star, The Conversation, The Sun
Our Sun is a steady and everlasting companion. Reliable like a clock, its apparent passage across the sky allows us to measure time. The Sun and its path is also the source of Earth’s seasons. But in many respects, our Sun is far from calm and unchanging. Close up,...