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Star imaged in detail outside the Milky Way for the first time (image, video) The VLTI was able to see this distant star in such detail that it also revealed its surrounding cocoon of gas and dust. These outflows of material indicate that WOH G64 is dying, in the final stages of its life leading up to a massive supernova explosion.
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Unprecedented image may reveal impending supernova that could be visible from Earth This is the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. The bright oval is a dusty cocoon surrounding the star, while the fainter ...
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Will astronauts need to be rescued from the moon? NASA wants to be prepared just in case The space agency's South Pole Safety challenge focuses on the development of innovative solutions for a compact, efficient system that astronauts can use in the event of an emergency during extravehicular activities (EVAs) on the lunar surface.
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When Did Human Ancestors Start Using Tools? The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists' understanding of the origins of clever hands and stone tools. By Tracy L. Kivell. A still life image of stone tools with sharpened edges and points shown on a ...
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From Chimpan-A to Chimpanzee, These Apes May Have Humanlike Culture How did the chimps figure out this sophisticated foraging technique and others? "It's difficult to imagine that it can just have appeared out of the blue," said Andrew Whiten, a cultural evolution expert from ...
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First Close-Up of Star Outside Our Galaxy Shows a Giant About to Blow Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way.
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International Space Station forced to maneuver out of way of approaching space debris A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for five minutes Tuesday to move the ISS out of the way of a piece from a defunct satellite. · NASA, Roscosmos execute ISS maneuver.
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Lucy's lasting legacy: Donald Johanson reflects on the discovery of a lifetime Fifty years ago, in the dusty hills of Hadar, Ethiopia, a young paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, discovered what would become one of the most famous fossil skeletons of our lifetime — the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor "Lucy." ...
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A nearby supernova could end the search for dark matter According to current theory, axions would be created in the hot interior of the neutron star. UC Berkeley astrophysicists say that the strong magnetic field of the star will transform these axions into gamma rays that can be detected from Earth, ...
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'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles Astronomers say they have figured out the true chemical makeup of our solar system, revealing that it contained much more carbon, oxygen and nitrogen than previously thought. Chiefly, the finding could help explain why Pluto, the largest known object ...
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