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Wednesday, Jul 2nd, 2025 - An object that appears to be from beyond our Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which if confirmed would be the third visitor from the stars ever detected, the European Space Agency said Wednesday. The object, which is currently being referred to as A11pl3Z, poses no threat to Earth, the ESA's planetary defence head Richard Moissl told AFP. "It will fly deep through the Solar System, passing ...

Wednesday, Jul 2nd, 2025 - A stunning image captured by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is the first visual evidence to confirm a star remnant has undergone a "double detonation". Most supernovae are the explosive deaths of massive stars at least 5 times the mass of the Sun – but not Type Ia supernovae , which are the explosive deaths of white dwarf stars. They occur in binary star systems when a white ...

Tuesday, Jul 1st, 2025 - News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves Scientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea ice fear a loss of critical US government satellite data will make it harder to track the rapid changes taking place at both poles. Researchers around the globe were told last week the US Department of Defence will stop ...