Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown pair of potential satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way. The location of these dwarf galaxies suggests that hundreds of other unknown mini-galaxies could be hiding around us — potentially challenging our understanding of the galaxy’s edges. A satellite galaxy is a clump of stars, either in a circular blob […]
Jul. 1—A dead person discovered under a bridge in Fairmont is the third set of human remains found in Marion County in the last month and the fourth found in counties surrounding Monongalia. On June 3, a woman later identified as 30-year-old Courtney Nicole Martin was found by a creek bed near Oakwood Road. Her […]
The eROSITA bubbles balloon over the center of the Milky Way. | Credit: Jeremy Sanders/Hermann Brunner/Andrea Merloni/Eugene Churazov/Marat Gilfanov/IKI/eSASS/MPE Could an invisible planet lurk at the edge of our solar system? Can black holes ricochet through space like intergalactic billiard balls? Did our own galaxy’s black hole “wake up” with a bang millions of years […]
Reality Check is a Telegraph series digging deeper into key issues and focusing on accountability. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email mynews@macon.com. Garrett Thomson wanted to make a difference for his beloved city of Macon, and trying to clean up trash strewn across the city seemed like a good way to do it. […]
Underwater footage of an assortment of props — including plastic skeletons and a lawnmower — in a flooded old mining pit in the US state of Minnesota were in fact placed by divers over the years, contrary to Korean-language posts on YouTube and TikTok that suggested the scenes were filmed deep under the sea. Though […]
In the arid mountains north of Lima, Peru, the remains of an ancient culture lie buried in various stages of excavation. It’s known as the Lauri Archaeological Site, and it was once home to the Chancay people, according to a May 3 news release from the Peru Ministry of Culture. Between the Chancay and Huaura […]
Some were fabled vessels that have fascinated people for generations, like Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. Some were common workhorses that faded into the depths, like the Ironton, a barge that was carrying 1,000 tons of grain when it sank in Lake Huron in 1894. No matter their place […]
Throughout history, attempts by mere mortals to plumb the inner recesses of the soul have been seen as hubristic. Shakespeare had Hamlet express this powerfully when he rages against those who “would pluck out the heart of my mystery”. He accuses Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of trying to play him like some kind of instrument, rather […]
Shining with a striking assembly of astronomy-centric imagery, a new Kickstarter campaign from artist Daniel Stephen Homer hopes to create what’s being described as the world’s first photobook exploring the deep global collaborations between amateur and professional astronomers. This limited edition project, titled “Route de la Belle Etoile” (Route of the Beautiful Star), highlights the […]
With climate change continuing to affect our planet and mitigating measures lagging, 2023 has been another eventful year for Earth. Broken records, unparalleled weather disasters and some concerning studies have made the headlines this year. Here are some of the most significant stories about planet Earth in 2023. 1. Hottest summer on record a map […]
This year saw planetary scientists add a number of exciting new worlds to our growing 5,000+ catalog of exoplanets. Among them are planets like we have never seen before. Here is a look back at some of the standout exoplanet discoveries of 2023. 1. JWST Identifies Heavy Elements in Distant Gas Giant’s Atmosphere Exoplanet Smertrios […]
1. The most powerful light from the sun Among the new astronomical records set in 2023 was an announcement of the highest-energy gamma ray ever seen coming from the sun, an order of magnitude more powerful than had previously been seen. “The sun is more surprising than we knew,” Mehr Un Nisa, an astronomer at […]