The First Image of a Black Hole is Here, But You Can’t Appreciate How Big it Is Until You See This
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Now that history has been rewritten and we’ve all seen the very first direct image of a Black Hole located…
Space
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Join us as we explore the cosmos and some of the most interesting cosmic bodies (places) in the universe.
Here Are 4 of the Closest Exoplanets That Could be Home to Alien Life
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Our universe is a vast place. It’s so big that we can’t possibly explore its outermost regions with the technology…
This Video Zooms Into Messier 87 Showing How Experts Snapped the First Image of a Black Hole
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Here’s your chance to zoom into the Messier 87 Galaxy and see how scientists observed and photographed the first direct…
Hubble Finds Mysterious “Cross” At the Center of a Galaxy
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This stunning image, snapped using the Wide Field Planetary Camera on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows a striking, mysterious dark…
Think We Are Alone in the Universe? Here Are 25 Images That Will Change Your Mind
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“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone…
Here Are 15 Breathtaking Images Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope, or Hubble, is a telescope that orbits outside the atmosphere in a circular orbit around the…
Jupiter: The Only Planet in our Solar System That Doesn’t Orbit the Sun
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Jupiter, our solar system’s fifth planet from the Sun, the massive gas giant protecting Earth and the inner planets from…
As Many as 50 Billion Rogue Planets May Exist in the Milky Way Galaxy Alone
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Astronomers now believe that at least 50 billion rogue planets travel our galaxy without a sun. Nearly three decades ago,…
Astronomers Spot a Cosmic Object Speeding Through the Milky Way at 2.5 Million Mph
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There’s a strange star speeding through our galaxy at an unfathomable speed. PSR J0002+6216 was spotted by astronomers traveling through…
Cosmic Perspective: 50 Images That Will Make Your Reconsider Your Existence
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The Universe. No one knows how big it is. It is huge, alright, but just how much? When we say…
This 9-Gigapixel Image Of the Milky Way Shows 84 Million Stars
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The image gives viewers an incredible, zoomable view of the central part of our galaxy. If printed with the resolution…
Mercury is the Closest Planet to Earth and Every Other World in the Solar System
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Mind=Blown! As revealed by a new calculation, Mercury and not Venus is the closest planet to Earth. But not only…
Astronomers Successfully Map 8,000 Galaxies and Make an Incredible Discovery
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Have you ever wondered where in the universe we are located? I’ve tried imagining our solar system while looking at…
NASA Turns a Hubble Deep Space Image Into ‘Space Sound’
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It’s cosmic music. NASA has recently published a video where scientists have created a sonification of a Hubble Deep Space…
Billions of Rogue Alien Planets Lurk Undetected in our Galaxy
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There are rogue worlds, and then there are those typical exoplanets. Many planets in the cosmos exist in star systems…
NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor Spotted a Nearly Perfect Sphere on Mars
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The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was launched into space and on its journey toward Mars in November 1996. It was…
Scientists Warn: Stop Sending Signals into Space Trying to Contact ‘Aliens’
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The day the human race finds out we are not alone in the universe will likely redefine society as we…
30 Mind-Boggling Photographs Astronauts Snapped in Space
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Taking photographs in space must be a fascinating experience. Not just because you get to see the world from a…
Study Suggests Earth May Have Been “Colonized” Long Ago by Alien Civilizations
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The comprehensive study takes a look at the Fermi Paradox through a different approach. Using a blend of theory and…
Earth’s Atmosphere Is So Freakishly Large, It Encompasses the Moon
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As noted by scientists, the outer part of the gaseous layer that surrounds us reaches 630,000 km away, 50 times…
Fly Over Jupiter’s Moon Europa in This Incredible NASA Video
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Recently processed data from NASA’s Galileo orbiter have allowed spectacular video sequences to be produced from the flyby over Jupiter’s…
Scientists Reveal the First Accurate 3D Map of the Milky Way Galaxy
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Astronomers have recently revealed our galaxy’s first accurate three-dimensional map, revealing the Milky Way’s true, warped, and twisted shape. So,…