astronomy

I'm just curious, having turned off nebula in my game for my day-to-day travels in the Bubble, what would a nebula look like up close or inside? ED exaggerates the luminosity and saturation of nebula, just like long exposure photography "exaggerates" the night sky compared to what we see with...

An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites. The discovery adds to the growing list of biologically important compounds found in meteorites, supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids—the parent bodies of many meteorites—can make some of life's...

Congratulations to Profs Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, who have been awarded a Nobel Prize, and a first discovery bonus of 4.5 million kronor, for 51 Pegasi b - the first confirmed exoplanet found around a main sequence star! I'd also like to mention how cool it is that I've got a virtual...

A new BBC2 documentary series starts this tuesday 28th 2019. Its looks pretty good and is hosted by Professor Brian Cox.

This past Saturday I made the decision to let my 21 year old feline friend move on to her next big adventure. Her health was quickly declining and it was the right time. Some years ago, a sibling had a star “named” for each of his sons as they were born. While I know that star naming websites...

The Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy (SagDeg) is the closest galaxy to our own at 70,000 light years from sol. Any idea if it exits in the game, and if so, is it reachable? The only thing I know about location is that you’d be passing thru/near beagle point to get there. I know it’d take some...