An ancient planet named Theia collided with Earth around 4.5 billion years ago, leaving significant amounts of its iron-rich material embedded in our planet. This material lies beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean in continent-sized deposits. This collision is the most widely accepted theory for the moon’s origin, where the energy from the impact would […]
India’s Aditya-L1 sun probe spots 1st high-energy solar flare
India’s first solar probe, Aditya-L1, has successfully captured its initial observations of a solar flare using its onboard High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS). This event was recorded shortly after the spacecraft’s launch, marking a promising start for the mission. Aditya-L1 is stationed at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point-1, a position that allows for continuous […]
Watch a 180-year-old star eruption unfold in new time-lapse movie (video)
Astronomers have created a video using over two decades of data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, revealing the expansion of a stellar eruption that occurred around 180 years ago. The eruption, known as Eta Carinae, involves a star system containing two massive stars. The explosion, referred to as the “Great Eruption,” is thought to have […]
Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
The pursuit of discovering new elements has been a significant scientific endeavor for centuries, and recent advancements have enabled scientists to create superheavy elements with up to 118 protons. These elements are generally unstable due to the electromagnetic repulsion between protons overpowering the nuclear force that holds the nucleus together. However, there is a predicted […]
Scientists prepare message to beam into space but say humanity won’t survive to hear it – Daily Star
Scientists are currently preparing to send a message to space with the hope that they will be able to contact aliens. The message is going to be sent to a cluster of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy which sits between 6,500 and 19,500 light years away from Earth. The experiment is trying to […]
The Weather On Titan: Windy With A Chance Of Methane Mist
In 2005, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and sent back images of a landscape shaped by forces similar to those on Earth. However, unlike Earth where water shapes the surface, on Titan, where the temperature is -179 degrees Centigrade, it is methane that shapes the surface. Methane exists […]
Evidence of alien life may exist in the fractures of icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn
Scientists are delving into the geology of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede and Saturn’s moon Titan, focusing on features known as “strike-slip faults” which are similar to Earth’s San Andreas fault. These faults are created by the immense gravitational pull of the gas giants, which generate tidal forces as the moons’ elliptical orbits bring them closer and […]
1st black hole imaged by humanity is confirmed to be spinning, study finds
Scientists have confirmed that the supermassive black hole M87*, which is located in the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy about 55 million light-years away from Earth, is spinning. This black hole became famous in 2019 when it was the first to be imaged, appearing as a fuzzy orange donut which was later sharpened by […]
There is no Planet B
Since 1992, nearly 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered, leading to the idea of a “Planet B” – a hypothetical planet that could serve as a backup for Earth. This concept has been prevalent in science fiction, influencing how we perceive such a place. However, there is a significant gap between the imagined worlds and the […]
Could humans use black holes to time travel?
Black holes have the potential to act as natural time machines, allowing for travel to both the past and the future. According to Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, matter and energy have the ability to bend and stretch space. The more massive an object is, the more it stretches and bends the space around […]
