Space

Just a year after the DJI Neo was released, DJI hasn’t wasted any time in producing a new and seriously improved version, the DJI Neo 2. It’s not often we see a drone model replaced so quickly, but it seems that DJI is keen to dominate the selfie drone market. This includes the impressive HoverAir X1 Pro and ProMax models. With the new features, which include improved camera…

Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual “ingredients” — raising questions about how the early universe evolved. The astronomers behind a new study of these stars likened the stars’ environment to a cosmic kitchen. Usually, stars being “cooked” in these kitchens are made up of essential ingredients like silicon…

Could a star have its own heartbeat? It sounds more like poetry than physics, but in the case of a red giant named R Leonis, the answer is a resounding, if slightly erratic, yes. For over two centuries, we have watched this star. R Leonis is a Mira variable, a type of aging star that pulsates like a rhythmic, celestial heart. It expands and contracts, dimming and brightening with a regularity that…

A colossal Antarctic iceberg that first broke free in the 1980s is now soaking up the summer warmth, and from orbit seems to be turning a shade of aquamarine. In this recent image from NASA’s Earth Observatory, iceberg A-23A is streaked with blue meltwater ponds and surrounded by a halo of fractured ice, signs that the long-lived “megaberg” is perhaps in its final days. What is…