Like a Woodstock for star nerds, over 2,000 international astronomers will descend on Cape Town for the first global astronomy gathering on African soil.
This is one of Cape Town’s best ‘uncommon’ experiences and one that the whole family will enjoy.
Supernovas have been captured before. But the singular moment right before the star dies has never been seen before the way it has now.
The latest showcase is of the Orion Nebula, a star nursery located 1 350 light-years from Earth in the Orion constellation, now revealed in incredible detail.
Being 161 000 light-years away was no problem for the highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope, which captured the cosmic arachnid in stunning detail.
While seeing the Cartwheel Galaxy in such clear light is impressive, a new video released by the European Space Agency shows just how incredibly far away it actually is.
The images give us a glimpse of the famous remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A that exploded in the 17th century, 11 000 light-years away from Earth.
Just like in the film ‘Don’t Look Up’, a doctoral student made an unusual discovery while using a high-powered telescope.
The shortlisted photographs in The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s 13th Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition are so beautiful that it’s hard to believe they’re real.
The “Star Formation in Gaseous Environments” project has released a video of the most beautiful, realistic, and highest resolution simulation of a star being born.
When a group of scientists noticed a faint light where there wasn’t one before, they set out to discover what it was.
To all those who have gleefully claimed we are all made of stars, so that must mean we are all connected (#RainbowNation), here’s some science for you.
The Cosby Show darling child has grown up into the quite the woman, proving that not all child-stars are destined for disaster.