"Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell" have been making the best explainer videos on the planet. Their latest one is about gamma-ray bursts, which occur when stars collapse or collide. Gamma-ray bursts have been detected in far away galaxies, but not in the Milky Way. A gamma ray burst in our galaxy could wipe out all life on Earth,
Death from space — gamma-ray bursts explained
Using an iceberg chart to explain the universe
Far be it for me to ignore a popular meme. Iceberg charts are all the rage right now, and there's one for practically everything that exists. I find the charts… READ THE REST
An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, from 1750
English astronomer Thomas Wright is best known as the man who first hypothesized that clusters of stars in the sky might actually be other galaxies, and that the luminous blur… READ THE REST
Scientists have discovered that the universe is brighter than previously believed
A team of astronomers from Cornell University have published a new paper titled "New Horizons Observations of the Cosmic Optical Background," which explains that, using new measurements from the New… READ THE REST
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