Meteor Shower on October 21-22
This year, the Orinoid meteor shower will appear on October 20-21, 2014 and will be visible from the both hemispheres. The expected number of meteors that could be seen per hour is 20.
Category: Astronomy
Red Giant Star Has Swallowed the Planet
Astronomers have discovered a red giant star that swallowed one of its closest planets. Researchers, who specialize in stellar evolution, have long been familiar with the fact that the inner planets have been always...
Amazing Images of Andromeda Galaxy
This video contains beautiful images of Andromeda galaxy. This selection of images is produced with the help of contributors of Amateur Astrophotography Ezine.
Cassini Mission: All about Saturn
In the following video, Dr. Linda Spilker, a Cassini Project scientist, talks about the amazing findings made by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ten years ago. It was the first men made object that goes into...
The Black Holes: Astonishing Characteristics
What are the characteristics of the black holes? During the years of observing them, the astronomers came up with these amazing facts about the black holes. Watch the following video in order to find...
Back to Basics: Our Place in the Universe
The following video represents the model of the Universe, as we know it today. We can easily comprehend where in the Milky Way our place is, but when it comes to other clusters of...
How Fast Is Our Travel through the Universe?
Whether we are travelling by car or sitting by our computer, we are all travelling constantly through the Universe. We are all moving very fast and travelling large distances through the space. But, what...
The Exoplanet Orbits around a Dying Star
After detecting about 500 planets in our galaxy orbiting around their stars, astronomers have found the planet which orbits a star of extragalactic origin. This star is about 2000 light years far away from...
The Most Astonishing Hubble Images
This video contains the most beautiful and popular images of various nebulas made by Space Telescope Hubble during the last couple of years.
Highlights of the October Sky 2014
The following video gives us an overview of a night sky during October 2014, from the northern hemisphere. This overview shows the morning and evening planets, their significant movements, following by visible constellations and...
Mars, the Everlasting Inspiration
The following video gives us a short review of planet Mars. Its earthlike surface, an atmosphere, days and seasons gain our attention through the decades, because if its similarity with our planet. As the...
The Causes of January’s Supernova
In the beginning of this year, on January 21, astronomers have found out the closest supernova in the Messier 82 galaxy. Gaining data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the astronomers easily detected that supernova...
How Does the Flame Look Like in Space? – NASA
On August 21, an astronaut Reid Wiseman on ISS witnessed the unusual flame that behaved like jellyfish of fire. The following video shows us how the fire burn in microgravity.
An Ancient History of a Peculiar Draft Planet
Astronomers have found very peculiar object, which seems to have very long and strange history. The object has characteristics that suggest its old existence. Although, this ancient object is now cool with its temperature...
Betelgeuse, the Brilliant Star Once, the Supernova Soon
Betelgeuse is the one of the brightest stars in our night sky. It is about 430 light years away from Earth. Betelgeuse is a vast, extremely brilliant star which belongs to super giant stars....
The Music of the Stars Helps Us to Detect the Earthlike Planets
The scientists have found more than thousands of planets outside of our Solar System. They are trying to find the planet that is mostly Earthlike. Because of that, they are searching for exoplanet which...
How was the Milky Way created?
For the answers to this question, we have to go back 13.6 billions of years, to the period just after the Big Bang. During the period without planets and the stars, young universe was...
Mysterious Phenomenon on Venus has been Explained – NASA
This video explains the very mysterious phenomenon on our neighbour planet, Venus. The big holes in Venus’ atmosphere have not been explained till today. The specific structure of Venus’ atmosphere, called the ionosphere, enables...
