Using Gigantic Mirrors, Astronomers Want to Observe the Edge of the Cosmos—10 Reasons Why This is Huge News
In 2021, it was announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope project began crafting the sixth mirror segment out of seven…
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Join us as we explore the cosmos and some of the most interesting cosmic bodies (places) in the universe.
In 2021, it was announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope project began crafting the sixth mirror segment out of seven…
Have you heard about SETA? SETA stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts, and scientists have proposed we should explore the…
Astrophysicists from Arizona State University have presented a new study on the mysterious origin of the first-ever interstellar object –…
Decades ago, nobody would have believed that there was water on other planets. And yet, now we know that even…
Over the past few weeks, we discussed several hypothetical ways for fast interstellar travel – warp drive and MEGA drive….
This is the best of Hubble. On April 24, 1990, NASA launched one of its most successful missions since the…
Planetary scientists have confirmed the discovery of the solar system’s farthest object from the Sun today, scientifically designated 2018 AG37…
The testing of a new satellite imaging instrument at the West Virginia Green Bank Telescope recently produced a very detailed…
Perhaps you remember the news from a couple of years ago when a meteorite fell in Northern Germany. Two years…
Update 2021: NASA’s latest rover, Perseverance, and the first Maritan helicopter Ingenuity are already exploring Mars. To read more about…
In 1969, the English physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose proposed a theory that described the process of extracting energy from…
Andromeda is the closest neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way. Located in the constellation with the same name, it can…
A new theory proposes that primordial black holes – black holes that formed at the beginning of our universe –…
Have you ever thought about Jupiter’s size and why it hasn’t become a star? If not, I suggest you open…
Yes, you read that correctly – scientists confirmed that a black hole is missing. And more curiously, not any black…
Usually, when astronomers talk about “neighboring galaxy“, they mean the Andromeda Galaxy, which is only 2.5 million light-years distant from…
Scientists have found evidence of what exactly may have destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The cause of the…
The news of China’s Chang’e 5 mission to the surface of the moon has been among the most discussed in…
After the Chinese automatic interplanetary station Chang’e 5 landed on the surface of the moon yesterday, many space fans were…
China’s robotic station “Chang’e 5” successfully made a soft landing on the surface of the Moon. Unfortunately, although the Chinese…
Hypothetically, what would we see if we launched a probe with a camera toward a black hole that would transmit…
There is hardly a mission in space that has passed without a single strange occurrence. We have often heard confessions…