Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 28th anniversary in space by comparing Lagoon Nebula in the visible and infrared light. The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8 or RCW146, is a colossal interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. This emission nebula was discovered before 1654 by an Italian astronomer, Giovanni Hodiema. There are only two nebulae…
NASA wants to find life outside our solar system and the launch of TESS mission is the proof. Search for alien life received a massive boost as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched into orbit by NASA on 18th April. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used to send it to space. It…
“It’s a one-in-a-million chance when you can predict an explosion. It’s never been done before.” Molnar said. Astronomy has shown us tremendous wonders of nature and latest prediction of scientists suggest that it is ready to show us the first of its kind. A binary star system was under observation for years and researchers claim…
Scientists claim that a strange wind blew past a Black Hole. Black holes are those places in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that even light cannot get through it. The presence of too much mass in small space is the reason why the gravitational strength is so strong there. As light cannot…
Scientists have seen Icarus, the farthest star ever seen, through Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is the most versatile telescope that has ever been sent to space and that’s the reason why it has solved so many mysteries. One of…
Neutron Stars smashed into each other to produce gravitational waves. The universe around us full of amazing phenomena and the advancement in technology has revealed some of them. Concepts like dark matter, distant stars, and supernova are some of the popular space explorations. Similarly, the in-depth study of different planets of our solar system has…
Will we find a new home soon? Astronomers are spreading to all parts of the space these days. Efforts are being made to support longer missions so that manned spacecraft could be sent to the far-off destinations. For example, different satellites are orbiting around planets like Neptune but no man has ever gone that far…
Celestial events regarding interplanetary system occur either sporadically or infrequently. These events may include lunar and solar eclipse, meteor shower, cyclical phases of the moon, occultation, comet flybys, and transits. The reason behind this irregularity which leads to these proceedings are the variable movements that happen in the immense cosmos. There are many such incidents…
Is there any difference in growth of the plants? Scientists are exploring various parts of space in order to find locations for human life could exist. Water is the foremost requirement of the human body so it is the essential component in determining whether a place is habitable or not. Food is another commodity that…
Andromeda is NOT the Closest Galaxy in our Universe. It is a long-known fact that the Milky Way is surrounded by millions or even billions of other galaxies. A common perception is that our closest galactic neighbor is the Andromeda Galaxy. Despite the overwhelming popularity of this idea, it’s not true. There are many other…
Ease your work. How too see planets through a telescope The heavenly bodies that are easiest to find in the limitless ocean of space are planets of our solar system. Some planets are so bright that they can be viewed with the naked eye as well. This list includes Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.…
We are able to watch Total Solar Eclipse again in 2019 One of the mysteries that was solved through astronomy was the logical explanation of eclipses. People on Earth can experience Lunar and Solar Eclipses where heavenly bodies are aligned to bring some extraordinary changes in the appearance of their surface. Lunar eclipses are much…
Scientists discover the first light to ever shine in the universe. The research was being done for many years to find the first light ever to shine in this universe. According to the latest report, astronomers have managed to find the earliest stars which were the source of that light. Scientists deployed a simple radio…
Astronomers predict Titanic Collision between Milky Way and Andromeda. In about 4 billion years, two galaxies in the Local Group can produce a ‘galactic collision’. The Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy are the most likely contenders in this regard. It’s a huge cosmic event as the entire solar system including the Sun and the Earth…
Is possible for planets to be created by dark matter? Everything that is visible to us lies under the category of original matter. Earth, sun, moon, stars, and galaxies all consists of that. The most surprising discovery of the 20th century, in view of many renowned scientists, was that the baryonic matter makes only 5%…
Are Black Holes the most powerful thing in the universe? Supermassive black holes are considered the central point of almost every galaxy out there. They are extremely dangerous as they have the potential to wipe out the very galaxy it resides in. The reason for this frightening threat is, the blazing energy these holes have,…
Few days left until Sky watchers and stargazers would be in the quest for Super Blood Blue Moon. It happens when full moon occurs two times in the same month. Firstly full moon is on the perigee which is when it is nearest to the earth in its orbit. Secondly, it goes through a lunar…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the largest known population of brown dwarfs sprinkled among newborn stars In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, researchers not only found several very-low-mass brown dwarf companions, but also three giant planets. They even found an example of binary planets where two planets orbit…
The highest resolution instrument in the history of astronomy is about to prove if black holes are real or not. Even though Albert Einstein’s theories showed potential black holes, neither the physician himself was sure of them. Until now, no one had a concrete proof that the theory of general relativity is real, but this…
2017 was a great year for all astronomers all over the world with great events lighting up the sky. 2018 is even better, and as an astronomy fan, you can be sure that you will have a lot of fun and plenty to look forward to with some rare events happening twice. There is a…
The ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid Phaeton 3200 will zoom past Earth today. Phaeton 3200 is named “potentially hazardous” because it has the potential to pass dangerously close to Earth, at a distance of 4.65 million miles. It is the third largest near-Earth PHA (Potentially Hazardous Asteroid) and it’s named for its proximity to Earth. The asteroid…
A 8-planet Solar System Discovered Using Artificial Intelligence Using artificial intelligence for new discoveries, NASA scientists and Google engineers discovered eight planets circling a Sun-like star. The agency announced Thursday that the new discovered Solar System could be very similar to ours, the last one not being the only one of its kind in the cosmos.…
On the night of December 3rd, we will be able to watch the last supermoon of the year. A supermoon occurs when the Moon make its closest approach to Earth (almost 220,000 miles away). As we know, Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a circle but elongated, just like Earth’s orbit around the Sun.…
That’s here, that’s home, that’s us… Taken on February 14, 1990 by Voyager 1 space probe, the “Pale Blue Dot” is a photograph of our planet from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles or 40.5 AU). Seen from that distance, Earth appears to be a tiny dot “suspended in a sunbeam”. We…
Nearly 600 light years away, a planet shows us the unexpected. Being four times the size of Jupiter and orbiting a star much larger than our Sun, HD76920b is discovered to orbit its star on a very extreme elongated orbit, more likely appearing to be a comet at a first sight. The planet gets very…
NASA’s astronomers discovered an unique phenomenon with Markarian 335 Black Hole. Two telescopes for astronomical observation, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array and NASA’s Explorer missions Swift, have managed to caught a supermassive black hole in the midst of a giant eruption of X-ray light. “This is the first time we have been able to link the…
Uranus will reach its closest point to Earth on October 19. The distant Ice Giant will be on the opposite side of the Sun in our skies, phenomenon known as opposition. The planet will be just 2.7 billion kilometers away from Earth, compared to its most distant position of 3.2 billion kilometers. Uranus reaches opposition October 19.…
NASA released final images of the Cassini mission. The Cassini mission went exactly as NASA planned. After a 13-years tour of the Saturn system Cassini has managed to deliver us the most awaited images all over the world. Finale Ringscape “Goodbye Kiss” of Titan Infrared Image of the Impact Site Impact Site: Cassini’s Final Image…
We’ll stay breathless, because Cassini’s antenna will keep sending informations to Earth until its last moment. Between 26 April and September 15, Cassini ‘jumped’ between Saturn and its rings, on a region that no other mission in humankind history ever explored before. A 13-year tour of the Saturn system is ending with an intentional plunge into…
Voyager 1 celebrates 40 years of space travel. Launched on September 5, 1977, just a few weeks after Voyager 2, Voyager 1 was the first man-made object to be able of leaving our solar system in 2012, being the first to send images of Saturn’s and Jupiter’s moons. On Sept. 1, Voyager 1 was at…