By Xeus, We'll Find The Origins Of The Universe

By Xeus, We'll Find The Origins Of The Universe

XEUS, which stands for X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy, aims to study the fundamental laws of the Universe. With unprecedented sensitivity to the hot, million-degree universe, XEUS will explore…
Cold Spot Equals Big Bang Relic

Cold Spot Equals Big Bang Relic

Scientists from the Institute of Physics of Cantabria (IFCA) and the University of Cambridge may have discovered an example of a cosmic defect, a remnant from the Big Bang called a texture. If…
California Wildfire As Seen From Space

California Wildfire As Seen From Space

Envisat satellite image captures fierce easterly desert winds blowing smoke from wildfires in Southern California. Gale-force winds have fed more than a dozen fires from Santa Barbara to the Mexican…
M33 X-7: A Massive Black Hole - With An Eclipse

M33 X-7: A Massive Black Hole - With An Eclipse

Astronomers have located an exceptionally massive black hole in orbit around a huge companion star. This result has intriguing implications for the evolution and ultimate fate of massive stars. The…