After staying 12 days onboard the International Space Station, a Russian film crew returned safely on Earth last week. They finished filming the first feature-length drama consisting of spatially shot sequences. The 12-day voyage, which was supported by Roscosmos Space ...
Have you ever wished to hold the whole world in your own pocket? Luckily for you, this is now possible. The most extensive and most accurate virtual world ever developed is not available. The simulation was named Uchuu, which translates ...
Our galaxy is quite ravishing as it unfolds right before our eyes. Astronomers are thrilled anytime they find something peculiar about it because they’re closer to solve some long-standing mysteries. A recent discovery unveils that Milky Way has an odd ...
Two new exciting space missions have just been announced by NASA, and we’ll finally return to Venus! As per NASA’s statement, both missions will try to understand how our planetary neighbour became what’s today: a hell-like world. How the space ...
A new method of analyzing planetary atmospheres reveals data about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. Researchers from the UC Santa Cruz released a paper recently discussing the technique, process, and findings. The ancient atmospheres of rocky ...
Ever wondered how baby stars are born? What shapes them and gives them the power to survive? With the help of a bold team of astronomers, we can finally watch the birth of a star and what it takes to ...
Asteroids are one of the most dangerous possible attackers of Earth. For decades we’ve tried to understand and learn about them. One method that proved to be efficient is using specially designed telescopes. ESA recently unveiled the Test-Bed Telescope 2 ...
Earth has now quite the sneaky neighbour, and astronomers have all the details. A tiny black hole, approximately 1,500 light-years from Earth, in the Monoceros constellation, it’s excitingly close by. As per astronomers’ calculations, we have nothing to worry about, ...
There are still many mysteries that Milky Way challenges us to discover and solve. One of them includes some odd yet fascinating stellar streams, some river-like structures made up of stars. These cosmic features puzzle astronomers’ work, especially when it ...
The United Arab Emirates now makes history with its first – and successful – interplanetary mission! The UAE’s probe, dubbed Hope, in Arabic “Al-Amal,” entered Mars’ orbit on Monday (February 8). The spacecraft is developed to unveil the secrets of ...