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New type of star discovered: Old smokers in the heart of the Milky Way – Knowledge
Valparaiso (dpa) – While searching for very young stars, an international research team unexpectedly came across a new type of very old star in the central region of the Milky…
Astronomy: New type of star: Old smokers in the heart of the Milky Way
astronomy New type of star: Old smokers in the heart of the Milky Way Infrared images of a red giant star about 30,000 light-years away near the center of our…
True Crime: Murder and the Milky Way
40 years ago, scores of women died around a certain Fred G. An ARD investigation digs into the truth behind a bizarre legal case in a documentary series and a…
At a time when one in three Earthlings no longer sees the Milky Way, what exactly is a reserve of starry skies?
They are as young as the stars are ancestral. The international dark sky reserves (Rice) were born in Canada in 2007 and were initially a matter for specialists. “They were…
Timelapse: Photographer films Milky Way time lapse with analog camera
Watch the video: Photographer “films” the Milky Way in time lapse with an analog camera. This video will make every photography fan’s heart beat faster. The time-lapse shot of the…
The majority of the planets in the Milky Way have no stars – knowledge
They are the lone wolves among the celestial bodies: “Rogue Planets”, loner planets. While Earth, Mars or Saturn move in elliptical orbits around a central star (in this case: the…
The majority of those in the Milky Way have no stars – knowledge
They are the lone wolves among the celestial bodies: “Rogue Planets”, loner planets. While Earth, Mars or Saturn move in elliptical orbits around a central star (in this case: the…
Ice-Cube delivers first neutrino image of the Milky Way – space
When the Ice-Cube neutrino detector went into operation in 2010, the declared goal was to provide astronomy with a new sensory organ. For as long as anyone can remember, observing…
Astronomy: The Milky Way seen with neutrino eyes
astronomy The Milky Way seen with neutrino eyes View of the “IceCube” laboratory with a starry night sky showing the Milky Way and green auroras. photo © Yuya Makino/IceCube/NSF/dpa Neutrinos…
High-energy neutrinos from the Milky Way detected for the first time
Neutrinos play an important role in nuclear physics, for example in nuclear fusion inside the sun. But the neutrinos that IceCube is searching for are millions to billions of times…