Can Black Holes Be Used for Space Travel?
The following video explores the possibilities of interstellar travel through the black holes. The key for this is the existence of the wormhole that has the black hole on one end and the white...
Category: Astronomy
Highlights of the December Sky 2014
The following video lists the most important events and highlights for December 2014. The month starts with Mars as a morning star, and Venus will join him later in the month.
Missing Stars from Globular Clusters
New Hubble observations discover a new mystery around globular clusters. The previous theory worked well in terms of formation of globular clusters and their ability to eject stars in nearby galaxies, as in case...
Spectacular Images Captured by the Winners of Competition for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014.
The following video contains the shortlist in images captured by astronomy photographers that take part in a competition for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014. It begins with a composition of several images called...
Ocean World of Jupiter’s Moon, Europa – NASA
According to many studies, scientists believe that there is an ocean in our Solar System, ten times deeper than the Earth’s oceans, with two to three times the Earth’s water volume. They assume that...
Massive Black Hole Is the Center of the Milky Way
In the center of our galaxy, the super massive black hole with its brightest feature called Sagittarius A star, as seen at radio wavelengths, is located. It is 4 million times the masses of...
Rosetta’s Landing on a Comet
After ten years of travelling through the Universe, the Rosetta spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) is nearing the end of its mission. At this moment, Rosetta is in the comet’s orbit,...
Jupiter’s Ocean Is the Largest One in the Solar System
In our Solar System, Jupiter is the planet that contains the most immense liquid seas beneath its gas atmosphere. As the planet that is 1400 times larger in volume than the Earth, Jupiter is...
A Recent Scientific Paper Shows That There Are No Such Things as Black Holes
A Recent Scientific Paper Shows That There Are No Such Things as Black Holes We have heard lots of theories about the black holes . However, Dr. Laura Mersini, theoretical physicist of the University...
The Birth of a New Planetary System
ALMA radio telescope in Chile has captured the young cosmic body in the moment of its birth. This new image shows the young star, HL Tau, wrapped in the clouds of gas and dust,...
Super Liquid in the Core of the Neutron Star
Neutron stars are known as the remnants of once large stars that have come to their end. These ancient remnants are hardly expected to generate anything flowing around them. On the contrary, they generate...
Highlights of the November Sky 2014
The following video lists the evening planets, constellations and deep-sky objects, morning planets and events during November 2014. We can expect to see bright Jupiter early in the mornings, and the Leonid meteor shower...
What Can We Expect from Interstellar Flights?
Our longstanding quest to expand our horizons will send us one day on a long voyage out of our known world. What changes it could make? What will be the future of interstellar flights?
Amazing Cosmos
This video represents the selection of famous space clips from the ESA / Hubble telescope. We can observe the beautiful galaxies, black holes, the Earth…
How Has Our Universe Been Organized?
The whole universe is compounded of two basic shapes or blueprints – spheres and discs. We can see discs at any level – solar systems, planet’s rings, galaxies etc.
Europa, Jupiter’s Strangest Moon
Europa is the sixth moon that orbits around Jupiter. This moon is very specific, unique and fascinating. For scientists, it represents the real enigma. Europa has been molded by gravitational tides from Jupiter and...
Siding Spring Comet Encounters Mars Today
The Siding Spring comet will pass by Mars and will come closest around 2:27 p.m. EDT. For astronomers, this is a great opportunity to gather data on the comet and its influence on the...
Partial Solar Eclipse on October 23
On the following new moon, on October 23, we can watch a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible from all the USA, except Hawaii and New England. Especially interesting will be the...
