Astronomy: Moons orbiting rogue planets may harbor life
An artist’s conception of a potentially-habitable exomoon. Credit: NASA Moons Orbiting Rogue Planets Could be Habitable When looking for signs of life beyond the Solar System, astrobiologists are confined to looking for life as we understand it. For the most part, that means looking for rocky planets that orbit within their star’s circumsolar habitable zone […]
Our Solar System Has Received a Second Interstellar Visitor. Astronomers believe they understand the source of the problem this time
When ‘Oumuamua passed through our solar system in 2017, no one could figure out where the object came from. But astronomers think they’ve worked out how Comet 2I/Borisov got here. An artist’s depiction of the first identified interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua. (Image credit: M. Kornmesser/ESO) For the second time ever, astronomers have detected an interstellar object […]
Apollo 13 Moon Views in Stunning 4K Video Released by NASA Puts an End to All Conspiracy Theories
NASA made a beautiful picture of the Moon by combining data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) with pictures taken by the Apollo 13 astronauts during their dangerous trip around the Moon’s far side in 1970. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) from NASA is now in a polar mapping orbit around the Moon that is […]
A new finding provides information on extremely early supermassive black holes.
This system consists of a pair of galaxies, dubbed IC 694 and NGC 3690, which made a close pass some 700 million years ago. As a result of this interaction, the system underwent a fierce burst of star formation. In the last fifteen years or so six supernovae have popped off in the outer reaches […]
Unsolved Mysteries of the Moon’s Mysterious Flashes
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In 20 years, this spacecraft can go to another solar system.
Scientists working on the Starshot Project say they have found the basic parts needed to make a ship that can travel to another solar system in our lifetimes. Researchers from the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative have found a way to build a spaceship that can travel at one-fifth the speed of light and reach Alpha Centauri […]
The phrase “history’s most amazing photo” has been used to describe this total eclipse photo.
Over 200 million Americans watched the total solar eclipse in August 2017, but no one had a better view than photographer Jon Carmichael. He spent years plotting how he could capture the total eclipse in a unique way, eventually combining his passions for photography, astronomy, and flight. “I wondered, if I got up high enough, could […]
Officially, astronomers have located a second Earth.
In the Goldilocks zone of our galaxy, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star. In the Cygnus constellation, Kepler-186f is around 500 light-years away from Earth. The region of space surrounding a star where planetary-mass objects with appropriate atmospheric pressure may maintain liquid water on their surfaces is known as […]
Ex-service members publish a NASA film depicting a 3,200 km long spacecraft built in the UK.
BoƄ Deap is a forмer мeмƄer of NATO intelligence who has Ƅeen inʋolʋed in significant UFO studies. He has also serʋed in high-ranking мilitary positions. Now that…
The Effects of Digging a Hole to the Other Side: A Journey to the Earth’s Core
As 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, мany of us wondered what would happen if we dug a hole all the way to the other side of the eагtһ. But haʋe you…