Researchers from Ohio State University have come up with a novel way to detect dark matter, one of the greatest mysteries to the cosmological community. Using ground-based radar to search for ionization trails, similar to those produced by meteors streaking ...
There is hope that the Perseverance rover has discovered organic molecules in the Jezero Crater rocks. Organic chemicals have been detected on Mars before, according to previous investigations. There is data to support this from the Curiosity rover, the Mars ...
Mark Rober, a former NASA scientist who now posts footage of experiments on YouTube, regularly uploads videos of experiments that leave viewers speechless. His channel is packed to the gills with amazing videos that show him experimenting with a variety ...
Sometimes asteroids come dangerously close to Earth, but they always miss us by a safe margin. Amazingly, astronomers have discovered three NEAs that were previously invisible due to the Sun’s intense light. These asteroids include the largest potentially dangerous object ...
In yet another example of its potential to reveal cosmic secrets, NASA’s most powerful space telescope has determined the molecular and chemical profile of an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Following its debut earlier this year, the James Webb Telescope’s extraordinary infrared capabilities ...
Yes, black holes, the essence of darkness, create some of the brightest lights in space when they release enormous and dazzlingly bright jets of high-energy particles. In particular, the enormous black holes that form the central nuclei of most galaxies. ...
Mars may not have always had a weak magnetic field or an atmosphere with only 1% of Earth’s pressure. Depositional and erosional processes, ubiquitous on Earth and triggered by water, might readily explain many of the surficial features of Mars, ...
As China steps up its challenge to NASA’s leadership in space exploration, the government has announced that it intends to build its first base on the moon by the year 2028. This will be followed by the landing of astronauts ...
NASA has declared that humans could live on the Moon for approximately ten years. On Wednesday was launched the Artemis rocket that contains the Orion lunar spacecraft. The mission of this rocket is to bring the astronauts back to the Moon ...
Even though 95% of the Universe is invisible and all of it has pretty much the same temperature everywhere, astronomers still made it possible to study many of the galaxies and stars existing out there. They probably didn’t cover even ...
Meteorites represent leftovers of our Solar System’s formation, but only if at least some small parts of them reach the Earth’s surface. Space rocks that end up burning up completely in our atmosphere don’t qualify as meteorites; they are just ...
It’s possible that these fantastical creatures of physics have already been observed, as hypothetical bridges connecting disparate regions of space (and time) could look similar to regular old black holes. Nevertheless, there may still be a way to tell them ...
Finding a star in space is relatively easy since they emit a lot of light. They are practically illuminating the Cosmos. Stars are a lot easier to find compared to planets or, not to mention, black holes. But finding a ...
An undiscovered region of space called the “zone of avoidance” is the location of a galaxy cluster recently found by astronomers. About 10–20 percent of the night sky is blank, like a phantom zone, according to IFL Science. Its proximity ...
Leonid meteor shower on November 17th and 18th, 2022 The pinnacle of the Leonid meteor shower occurs in the hours a little before midnight on Thursday and continues into the early hours of Friday when the moon is not visible ...
On November 13th, CAPSTONE will arrive at the Moon and be the first spacecraft to join a novel, elongated orbit to aid NASA’s Artemis missions. The first CubeSat to reach and function on the Moon will be the 55-pound, Cislunar ...
One of the fascinating aspects of black holes is their mystery, meaning simply the fact that astrophysicists and scientists, in general, still have a lot more to learn about these cosmic objects. Another fascinating aspect about them is that despite ...
The Taurids annual meteor shower still seems to have a lot of wonderful celestial spectacles in store for us. All we need to do is to keep our eyes on the night sky every evening, as there is still plenty ...
The intermediate-mass black hole revealed itself to astronomers when it guzzled up a star strayed too close. The shredding of the star produced a flare of radiation that shortly outshone the combined stellar light, known as a “tidal disruption event.” ...
While Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity does a good job of explaining planetary and stellar gravity, its applicability is less clear on smaller scales. Gravity affects everything equally because everything has it. Despite being the most ubiquitous of the ...
The “Cone Nebula” is depicted in breathtaking clarity in an image that was just made public. Approximately 2,500 lightyears separate us from it. The dramatic new view of the nebula shown at the end of the video, showcases its dark ...
It speculates that in 2023, Earth will experience two lunar eclipses. On May 5 will be the next lunar eclipse that will be visible across parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and it will be a penumbral eclipse. The second ...
NASA reveals the approach of another asteroid that gives us the creeps. Today, November 7, the space rock dubbed ‘2022 UN21’ will make its closest approach to our planet. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA brings the news regarding the ...
Going to Mars and living there is a lot more complicated than in sci-fi movies, although we might learn a thing or two from Matt Damon’s character from ‘The Martian’ movie. Scientists need as much information about the Red Planet’s ...
The Taurid meteor shower is unfolding these days in all its glory, and it can even ignite the night sky with a few fireballs. While astronomers were expecting such an outcome, they might not have predicted that a fireball so ...