Laser guide stars can help segmented space telescopes to explore the distant exoplanetary systems. The idea of finding a habitat for humanity, other than the Earth, has grown rapidly in recent years. Astronomers have found thousands (about 4,000) of confirmed exoplanets in different parts of the universe. In addition to that, there is an abundance…
Chang’e 4 Mission touched down the mysterious side of the moon. China is the latest addition to the list of countries which have visited the natural satellite of our planet. The Chang’e 4 Mission achieved this feat on 3rd January 2019. What made this event more special is that the spacecraft landed on the far…
Scientists recorded a big flare in a small package on an M-type star. Astronomers have witnessed a huge stellar flare on a baby star. They say that this flare is about 10,000 times bigger than the largest solar flare recorded in history. Some say that the flare is so powerful that it may create new…
New Horizons came within 3,500 kilometers of 2014 MU69 on New Year Day. The New Horizons Spacecraft of NASA had a closer look at the Ultima Thule on 1st January 2019. This was a historic moment for humanity as it is now the most distant object ever explored by us. The official name of this…
A unified dark fluid of negative masses could be spread everywhere in the universe. According to an estimate of scientists, there are billion trillion stars in the universe. Despite that, all the matter that we can see accounts for only 5% of the universe. An invisible form of matter named as ‘Dark Matter’ (alongside Dark…
Scientists discover an object called ‘Farout’ at a distance of 120 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun. Researchers finally found a body in our solar system which is orbiting at more than 100 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Farout, also known as 2018 VG18, became the most distant object observed in…
The Cold Atom Lab of NASA can reach up to -459o F. The Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) is a fundament Physics user facility that is operational on the International Space Station (ISS). This instrument is used to produce clouds of ultra-cooled atoms called Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC). Their temperature can drop as much as only a…
The climate of Earth is changing rapidly and we need to react instantly to save our home. Climate Change is arguably the biggest challenge encountered by humanity and we need to mold our ways instantly to ensure the safety of our future generations. According to a recent study, humans may reverse a long-term cooling trend…
The effects of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can certainly be controlled. If you are unable to pay attention to a given task, interrupt others regularly, or feels to move around when you shouldn’t, you might be suffering from the ADHD. It makes it difficult for a person to control impulsive behaviors and pay attention. In addition…
The dense rings of dust offer more time to young planetesimals to grow and become fully-fledged planets. The first large-scale, high-resolution survey Protoplanetary Disks by making use of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) yielded around 4,000 exoplanets. Some popular ones among them are massive rocky worlds, hot Jupiters, and icy dwarf planets. The Disk…
Several signs indicate that our universe is filled with dark matter but humanity is just not good enough to view the unknown form of matter, at least until now. The material that makes up 85% of the universe is called the Dark Matter. It is believed that the dark matter is made up of materials…
Nuclear Weapons are becoming more and more advanced with the passage of time and the Cold War has played a massive role in that. Only eight sovereign states, in history, have successfully tested nuclear weapons. However, only five of these states are considered to be nuclear-weapon states. These five states, by order of acquisition, are…
Parker Solar Probe might help us to know more about the Sun, sooner than expected. The Parker Solar Probe project was announced in 2009 and totaled to $1.5 billion. Named after Eugene Parker, a physicist at the University of Chicago, the spacecraft was the first ever by NASA to be named after a living human…
Finnish people will have the facility to use drones of Wing to transport their light-weight packages in near future. Alphabet’s Wing drones may reach Europe any time in 2019. The idea behind these drones is to deliver light goods straight to the customer within minutes of being ordered. The Wing will be able to transport…
Benenitra received debris from an ancient meteorite, which is now named after the town. On 27 July 2018, debris from a meteorite landed in and around the small remote town of Benenitra in southwestern Madagascar, shortly before a lunar eclipse. This prompted researchers from Wits and colleagues from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar to…
Welcome to Astronomy for Kids – A Free Introductory Guide! Astronomy is a very exciting area of study which you’re never too young to get started in. This guide will explain the main areas of astronomy, including the definitions of all the things you are likely to come across, as well as what kind of…
Over the course of many years, numerous species that once inhabited this world have gone extinct. Dinosaurs, wiped out due to natural causes, are a prime example of a mass extinction. However, not all extinctions are natural. Sad as it may sound, humans have played a major role in causing extinction around the world. Below…
Whether the Illuminati is real or not, we don’t know but one thing is for certain that humans fear whatever that is unknown to them and fear is a tool that can control anyone. The word ‘Illuminati’ means ‘enlightened’. This name is associated with several real and fictitious groups. The original society was Bavarian Illuminati,…
From the rings of Saturn to the tallest mountain on Vesta, our solar system is full of fascinating phenomena. The vastness of our solar system has a lot of celestial wonders to offer. The advancement of technology has enabled humanity to explore more and more of these beauties. Some of the most amazing and astonishing…
A huge collection of remains were found in Amsterdam. Archeological Extractions have always helped humanity to find historical information about our past. The canals of Amsterdam were excavated, earlier this year, with the intentions of building a new metro line through the city. This archeological dig was one-of-its-kind as researchers found nearly 700,000 artifacts during…
Scientists found some variations in the D/H and 13C/12C ratios on Phoebe. Despite the fact that none of us were here to observe the birth of our solar system, technological advancements and the desire to know more about the origin of life have enabled us to develop a model as to how all that happened.…
NASA released a historic image, captured from within the corona of the Sun, showing two jets of solar material and Mercury. The Parker Solar Probe of NASA was launched on 12th August 2018 from Cape Canaveral. A Delta IV Heavy rocket carried the probe towards the sun of our solar system. The Applied Physics Laboratory…
4×1084 photons of light have been emitted by stars into space since the Big Bang. Our universe has been creating stars for billions of years. According to an estimate, there are around trillion-trillion stars in 2 trillion galaxies of our universe. Despite all the technological advancement, astrophysicists haven’t been able to trace much about star…
The full moon of December will coincide with the Winter Solstice and will make a close pass by the Aldebaran. The full moon of December is generally called the Full Cold Moon. According to NASA, the moon will arrive on 22nd of December and will be visible in the constellation Taurus. It will become full…
The latest development, at NIST, on Atomic Clocks might result in a redefinition of Second, the international unit of time. A clock device that uses an Electron Transition Frequency in the Optical, Ultraviolet, and Microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum of atoms for its timekeeping element is called an Atomic Clock. They are the most…
Voyager 2 has become the second probe to break through the Heliopause. One of the most popular explorers of our age, Voyager 2, was launched on 20th August 1977 with the intentions of studying the outer planets. However, it exceeded all the expectations (just like its twin Voyager 1) and entered the interstellar space on…
OSIRIS-REx will ultimately collect and deliver 60 grams of regolith from Bennu to Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft of NASA reached its target, asteroid Bennu, on 3rd December 2018 after completing a journey of 2 billion kilometers. The primary science objective of this mission is to improve the estimates…
The climatic destruction of Venus offers a great example to take a lead from and we need to mold our ways immediately to preserve our planet. The recent studies at NASA suggest that about 2 billion years ago, Venus was once a habitable planet with shallow, liquid-water oceans and a habitable surface. Contrary to that,…
ASASSN-18bt exhibited some unusual behavior to surprise researchers. Images of the newly discovered supernova ASASSN-18bt may change our perspective about the origin of the universe. Six images were captured in total: Three before the explosion and three were taken after that. The images are credited to the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) project, the…
Scientists may have moved a step closer towards finding the origin of galaxies. Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a huge cluster of stars about 300 million light-years away. The number of these star clusters reach a total of a whopping 22,426. Globular star clusters are more common than full-scale galaxies which makes…