What NASA Saw in a Grain-Sized Patch of Sky Will Break Your Brain - YouTube - The Secrets of the Universe - cosmology

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered at least 80 supernovae,a tenfold increase from before.They date back to the early universe.Only infrared capabilities can look back that far,as the light is too faint for standard optics to detect.Supernovae are transients,changing in brightness over time.To discover supernovae,the JWST team compared several images taken over a year apart,searching for sources of light that either appeared or vanished.*Cosmology is the study of the origins and structures of the universe.

Close Up Images Show Something Weird is Happening on Betelgeuse - YouTube - The Secrets of the Universe - astrophysics

Betelgeuse is only 550 light years from Earth.When it goes supernova,we will be able to see it in the daytime for a few months.It isn't close enough,though,to pose any danger to Earth.It's been ascertained that the rapid rotation of the star is an optical illusion caused by the star's boiling surface.

Look Up! A Comet Twice The Size of Mount Everest Is Approaching Us - The Secrets of the Universe - planetary science

Even if you don't get to see it with your naked eye,this blog will continue to follow its progress.