#Astronomy

🌌 A supernova explosion 2.5 million years ago could have changed the course of evolution on Earth! Scientists have found traces of the iron-60 isotope in the ocean, proving a nearby stellar explosion. It is believed that a flux of cosmic rays damaged DNA and triggered an evolutionary leap in fish in Lake Tanganyika. From voting glitches to mutations: space influences us more than we think. 🧬🔥 #science #space #evolution #supernova #XABinfo

🌌 Scientists have presented the most detailed map of the Universe: 5.6 trillion pixels and 4 billion objects. The DESI project combined data from 263 thousand images to search for dark energy. The data is already challenging the standard cosmological model. 🚀🔭

🌌 Astronomers have discovered an asteroid of a unique triple shape in the Solar System for the first time. Object 44 Nysa, discovered back in the 19th century, turned out to be a system of three connected parts with its own satellite. NASA has confirmed the data obtained by the VLT and LBT telescopes. 🔭🪐

🔭 The James Webb Space Telescope has made a breakthrough, detecting semi-heavy water (HDO) on the exoplanet WASP-39 b for the first time. This discovery helps us understand the formation history of distant worlds and opens new horizons in the search for life. 🌌 #JWST #Science #Space

For the first time, AI fully controlled a major telescope in Chile, independently planning observations while accounting for weather and the Moon. The algorithm's efficiency has already matched human performance, which is critical for the coming era of petabyte-scale data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory 🌌🔭🤖

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed its first scientific image from the world's largest camera. The image shows half a million galaxies in the COSMOS field. 🔭🌌 Data access is already open for scientists.

Astronomers have recorded a unique phenomenon: comet 41P has reversed direction for the first time in history! 🌠 Research using Hubble telescope data revealed that the cause was uneven gas emissions, which could tear the celestial body apart. 🚀

Dunedin hotels are booked for 2028 due to a rare solar eclipse not seen in the region since 1163. The city is preparing to welcome 35,000 tourists to observe the 3-minute daylight darkness. 🌑🇳🇿🌌

Scientists have finally found the missing matter of the Universe! 🌌 It turns out that black holes and supernovae have scattered gas far beyond the boundaries of galaxies. Fast radio bursts were used for the search — a powerful new tool in astrophysics. 🔭✨

Scientists have solved one of the main mysteries of astrophysics: silver has been found on the Sun! 🌞 It turns out there is 55% more of it than previously thought. The problem was not the absence of the metal, but the inaccuracy of old models. 🔭✨

A millennium-old astronomical mystery solved: why did ancient catalogs describe Theta Eridani as a super-bright star? 🌟 It turns out ancient astronomers were not mistaken—the star truly shone 10 times brighter due to evolutionary processes within a triple system. 🌌🔭