The Juno probe, operated by NASA, has returned spectacular new images of Jupiter’s satellites Io and Europa. With 2 of Jupiter’s numerous satellites to the right side of the picture frame, the new image, released by NASA on March 16, gives ...
Scientists at NLV have found a novel kind of ice that changes the way water behaves under extreme compression. In the same way that carbon may create diamonds as well as graphite under certain pressure & temperature circumstances, solid water can ...
If you think that going to the Moon is like a walk in the park, please keep in mind that no astronaut has been there since 1972. It’s obvious that space agencies always need some fancy new toys to maneuver ...
After a fresh hunt, there was still no sign of the mysterious Planet Nine in the distant solar system. As of yet, the speculative planet has escaped discovery; nevertheless, a six-year hunt at millimeter wavelengths has enabled researchers in the ...
Webb’s first crisp picture is a breathtaking glimpse of a glittering golden star that is emphasized with such clarity that it challenges the rules of physics, making it the most powerful telescope ever built. According to a NASA release, the ...
Every black hole has a problem at its core. They carry a little piece of the Universe with them as they sizzle away into nothingness throughout the ages. It’s a dilemma that Stephen Hawking highlighted in his groundbreaking work on these giant ...
Many of us will have very important and exciting stories to tell to our grandchildren regarding the exploration of space. The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered many wonders of the Universe during over three decades of activity. If the term ...
Researchers reportedly determined that somehow a wormhole—a link between remote areas of the Universe—can possibly explain what transpires to data regarding materials swallowed by black holes. When it comes to a black hole, hardly anything can circumvent Einstein’s theory of ...
According to an outlandish new notion, there could be one “anti-universe” that exists in the pre-Big Bang era. The concept presupposes that the primordial cosmos was compact, hot, and compact — and so homogeneous that time seems to be symmetrical ...
A dead star on the run that is zipping across space at breakneck speeds has left a massive trail of matter as well as antimatter particles in its wake. The star is a pulsar known as PSR J2030+4415 or J2030 ...
Observations suggest that the surface materials of outermost main-belt asteroids, which are thought to have provided the building blocks for Earth’s water & life, are really only sustained at very cold temperatures. These asteroids originated in faraway orbits and may contribute to ...
It was recently discovered that a unique species of softshell turtle (Hutchemys walkerorum) inhabited North Dakota just at the final moments of the Cretaceous Period, roughly 66.5 million years in the past – a little before the extinction event that erased all of the ...
Two enormous blobs exist deep below the Earth’s mantle. One is located under Africa, whereas the other is practically exactly opposite, beneath the Pacific Ocean. However, these two masses are not symmetrical. According to new study, the blob under Africa ...
The Hubble Space Telescope recorded a laser-like jet that seems to be ejected by a young star. Hubble Space Telescope, March 7, 2022. (credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Nisini) The outburst originated from a really new star that was just ...
NASA is always on the lookout for ‘possibly dangerous’ asteroids that might endanger Earth. NASA is also planning for the worst-case scenario: a collision with an asteroid. Yes, an asteroid might collide with Earth. In a surprising turn of events, ...
The Moon is a pretty peculiar space object. Not only that it gives us the creeps sometimes when it shows on the night sky in its full phase, or it can regulate the Earth’s wobble on its own axis, the ...
Judging by how long time has passed by since humanity landed on the Moon the first time, you might be tempted to believe that there’s nothing more to learn about our natural satellite. But astronomy is one of those fields ...
We may learn about some distant extraterrestrial rocky planets with breathing atmospheres similar to Earth in a very short period of time. Those observations will be made possible by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is now in the ...
Scientists have spotted a huge hadron collider for the first time ever using specialized equipment. Investigations performed with the H.E.S.S. gamma-ray observatory in Namibia reveal for the first time the trajectory of an acceleration mechanism in a star activity known ...
Unfortunately for all of us, the Universe is not a friendly place as we like to believe or as we’ve been told. Meteors fly through the Earth’s atmosphere all the time, and there’s no wonder why a really big one ...
Half a century ago, scientists on one of NASA’s Apollo flights pounded a pair of 14-inch-long tubes into the moon’s surface. After filling the canisters with pebbles and dirt, Eugene Cernan, as well as Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, vacuum-sealed 1 of ...
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth, being Earth’s only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that ...
A swarm of planet-forming dust has been discovered by astronomers to contain the biggest organic molecule yet seen, possibly providing fresh insights into how the building elements of life eventually wind up on planets. A team of researchers from the ...
NASA aims to send the first astronauts to Mars by the end of the current decade. While it would be a huge achievement, we are surely asking ourselves why the space agency hasn’t reached that goal already. It’s 2022 and ...
The finding of a possibly deadly asteroid early this year sent scientists on a thrill ride, and they were not alone. On January 6, 2022, scientists at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona announced the discovery of an asteroid measuring ...