by andrew griffin | Oct 20, 2020 | The Independent
Shell structures in our Milky Way are evidence of a huge collision between it and another dwarf galaxy, astronomers have found.The crash happened nearly 3 billion years ago, when the dwarf galaxy fell into the middle the Milky Way and was torn apart by the...
by andrew griffin | Oct 19, 2020 | The Independent
The iPhone 12 has seen twice the pre-orders of the iPhone 11, according to an expert analyst – and the iPhone 12 Pro is proving unexpectedly popular.Pre-orders for the new phones opened on Friday, 16 October, with the phones actually going on sale this Friday.That...
by andrew griffin | Oct 19, 2020 | The Independent
Our Milky Way is surrounded by a “clumpy halo” that could be hiding mysterious missing matter, astronomers have said.The galaxy is wrapped in a ring of hot gases that are constantly being topped up as stars are born and die, scientists say.And inside that...
by andrew griffin | Oct 19, 2020 | The Independent
Nasa is preparing to grab a piece of asteroid and bring it back to Earth.The dramatic manoeuvre will be the culmination of two years that a Nasa spacecraft has spent orbiting and examining an asteroid known as Bennu, hundreds of millions of miles away.The Osiris-Rex...
by andrew griffin | Oct 16, 2020 | The Independent
Betelgeuse, one of the best-known stars in our sky, is actually much closer and smaller than we’d realised, astronomers have said.In fact, it might be another 100,000 years until it dies in an explosion, according to a new study. The research suggests that the star is...
