It was the last night in July when skies over Madrid turned especially bright. It was a meteor burning out, but the story becomes more fascinating at that point. Scientists were able to track the remains of the meteor and determine that it originated from a comet, whose disintegration started many millennia ago. Even more […]
Pentagon space chief condemns ‘irresponsible’ launch of Russian inspector satellite
The Pentagon has made a statement concerning the launch of a satellite by Russia that is believed to be following an American satellite in the same orbit. According to a Netherland’s based satellite tracker, the Russian satellite is mirroring the satellite from the US. According to US General James H. Dickerson, that is not responsible […]
Cultural Bias Distorts the Search for Alien Life
Humans have always looked out to space and the heavens in order to make sense of life on Earth. We’ve always wanted to know if we are alone, or if there are aliens out in the universe. Different scientific and philosophical traditions have different answers to those questions. Astronomers now use telescopes to try and […]
Amalthea: Jupiter’s unusual inner moon
Amalthea is a mysterious and irregularly shaped inner moon of the planet Jupiter. It was actually the first one that was discovered after the four Galilean moons were found, and is currently the fifth largest. Amalthea is Jupiter’s third moon and takes just 12 hours to make a full orbit around. Amalthea was found on […]
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today
In these days of the conflict in Ukraine, economic instability, market crisis and high inflation, it is easy to forget that international scientific teams are continuing to work together on space research and exploration. Two cosmonauts from Russia will be going on a lengthy spacewalk today. Thanks to the technological advancements, we can watch the […]
Milky Way vs M87: EHT photos show 2 very different supermassive black holes
About three years ago, scientists were able to produce the first ever image of a black hole by using a telescope that is the size of the Earth. They’ve figured out a way to do it again, but this one is even closer to Earth. There are hundreds of scientists involved in this project […]
Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines
The possibility of travelling through different time periods has been something that humans found fascinating since the ancient eras. The question is looked at from different aspects, from physics and science to philosophy and religion. If such endeavor was possible, then there would have to be timelines that are parallel. The whole idea would also […]
30 exocomets found orbiting star in nearby planetary system
There have been 30 exocomets found in the solar system that are orbiting the star called Beta Pictoris. This star was found 40 years ago and is surrounded by a debris disk that is made from gas and dust. Beta Pictoris is just 20 million years old which is very young when it comes to […]
Hubble Find Provides Key to Early Supermassive Black Holes
Hubble is one of the greatest sources of our cosmic knowledge. This powerful telescope is enabling us to spot different object and landscape on distant celestial bodies, giving us better understanding of mechanisms that govern the space. One of the newest pieces of information could potentially shed some new light of the creation of black […]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: The ultimate guide
The James Webb Telescope is the most powerful and largest space science telescope in the world and cost $10 billion. The purpose of the telescope is to help uncover the history of the universe whether it be the start of the Big Bang to planets that have been potentially formed by aliens. The Telescope took […]
