10 facts about history’s greatest Solar storm, the Carrington Event
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Have you ever heard about the so-called Carrington Event? Do you know what it was, when it took place? If…
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See Hubble’s Spectacular Photographs of Our Solar System’s Planets
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Planetary scientists presented new results and images obtained during the long-term monitoring of the atmospheres of giant planets using the…
Harvard Astronomer Maintains ‘Oumuamua Was Alien Tech
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Astronomical objects in interstellar space that are not gravitationally bound to stars (such as asteroids, comets, or rogue planets) are…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Last Ice Age
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What do you imagine when you hear the words “ice age”? I bet that makes you think of mammoths and…
Here’s How Venus Could Have Been Habitable For 3 Billion Years
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When we speak about life in space, Mars normally appears to be the most common answer or more precisely –…
Younger Dryas Caused by Intense Volcanic Activity and Not Massive Meteor Impacts 13,000 Years Ago
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Researchers have found that around 13,000 years ago, unprecedented volcanic activity caused the climate on Earth to cool down drastically,…
Leading Astronomer Says “Higher Forms” of Alien Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
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The chancellor at Liverpool Hope University in the United Kingdom believes it is likely that there are forms of alien…
Venus Was Habitable Long Enough For Life to Develop on Its Surface
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Earth’s Twin, as Venus is often referred to among astronomers, is truly an extraordinary planet. Its one of the most…
The First Spacesuit Was Invented in the 1930s
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Have you ever wondered who invented the first spacesuit? My first guess would be probably NASA, but the truth is…
There is a Strange Deformation in Earth’s Magnetic Field
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Recent studies shed light on a peculiar dent in Earth’s magnetic field located above the South Atlantic Ocean, known as…
The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle of Space: The South Atlantic Anomaly is Growing
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The South Atlantic Anomaly, a region in space dubbed the “Bermuda Triangle of Space,” is causing concern among scientists as…
Interstellar Objects as Remnants of Dyson Spheres
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As we continue to explore the vastness of space, we hope to come across the ultimate evidence that life as…
Unprecedented energy burst that traveled 1.9 billion years swipes over Earth
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An unusually bright, long-lasting pulse of high-energy radiation swept over Earth on Oct. 9, captivating astronomers around the world. A…
10 Curiosities About the Historic Black Hole Photographs
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Half a century ago, astronomers first hypothesized that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy….
Using Rogue Planets as Spaceships, Aliens Could Colonize our Galaxy
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According to a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology, researchers suggest that a better way of finding extraterrestrial…
Type III Alien Civilizations Likely Harness Energy Around Black Holes Using Massive Dyson Spheres
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Energy as a factor in the development of civilization Energy is a key factor determining the development of civilization. Energy…
Pioneer 11, the First Spacecraft to Visit Saturn, Celebrates Its 49th Anniversary
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Pioneer 11: Chronology of the Mission Launch and Jupiter flybys Launched on April 6, 1973, Pioneer 11 flew past Jupiter…
Strange Glass Spheres and 4 Other Discoveries on the Moon
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Chang’e 4 mission overview The automatic station Chang’e-4 made a soft landing on the far side of the moon on…
15 Facts About James Webb, Mankind’s Largest Most Complex Space Telescope
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Name and Budget Initially, the telescope bore the short but difficult to pronounce name NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope). In…
Dyson Spheres Around Black Holes Could Power Alien Civilizations
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An international team of astronomers presented new research focused on the generation of energy around black holes and predicted that…
Alien Life More Likely to Exist in Worlds With Underground Oceans
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Decades ago, nobody would have believed that there was water on other planets. And yet, now we know that even…
Here Are 30 Jaw-Dropping Images Taken By The Hubble Space Telescope
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This is the best of Hubble. On April 24, 1990, NASA launched one of its most successful missions since the…