Astronomy

Ancient structure near Stonehenge may have inspired its solstice alignment, archaeologists say

The site, believed to have likely served as a focus for religious gatherings, bears extensive evidence of feasting and large-scale gatherings.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Sheep grazing near Stonehenge.
TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study

NASA plans to launch the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s, a mission whose goal is “to image Earth-like planets around other sun-like stars,” according to NASA’s website.

|ByEITAN ELIAS
An artist's concept of a dwarf planet.

Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches

Astronomers have identified another object from this realm, with a diameter of roughly 310 miles (500 km), that has an atmosphere - albeit a thin one.

|ByREUTERS
The Nebra dky disc

TV murder series rekindles interest in the mysteries of the Nebra sky disc

The real story of its finding unfolded in the late 1990s on the forested crest of the Mittelberg in Saxony-Anhalt, where the object lay concealed for thousands of years.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million

Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon. Aldrin, who is now 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.

JULY 27, 2022ByREUTERS
A view of a detail of Buzz Aldrin's flown inflight coverall jacket, worn by him on his mission to the Moon and back during Apollo 11, that was sold for $2,772,500 at Sotheby's, in New York City, U.S. July 21, 2022 in this screengrab from a video.

Black hole debunker team finds dormant black hole near Milky Way

A dormant black hole is a black hole that doesn't emit the X-ray radiation that makes other black holes easy to spot.

JULY 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A simulated image of a black hole.

Unique radio signal detected billions of light-years from Earth

A strong burst of radio waves detected in a different galaxy is the longest-lasting of its kind and may help astronomers measure universe expansion.

JULY 14, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Artist's impression of a magnetar.