Spectacular Celestial Show Before Dawn
Crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars and the bright star Spica will appear together in the night slightly before dawn. This event will be visible on November 14 and 15.
Category: Our Universe
Scientists Detected Five Pairs of Black Holes Ready to Merge
Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA)...
Newly Found Supernova Baffles Scientists
Scientists have analyzed a three-year-old supernova, called iPTF14hls. Its appearance undermines all they know about death and birth of supernovas.
Scientists Believe Proxima Centauri Has Entire Planetary System Around It
Using ALMA Observatory in Chile, scientists have discovered dust around our closest star, Proxima Centauri. Namely, they believe that the star might contain entire planetary system around it. The star is 4 light-years from...
Scientists Discovered Monster Planet Orbiting a Small Distant Star
Using the Next-Generation Transit Survey, scientists have discovered a huge planet orbiting a small distant star 600 light-years away from our planet. The planet is known as NGTS-1B and orbits the star at 3...
VLT Survey Telescope captures astonishing view of Fornax Galaxy Cluster
Using VLT Survey Telescope, scientists have captured an astonishing view of lenticular galaxy NGC 1316 in the Fornax Cluster. This deep view shows amazing jets that make the NGC 1316 the fourth brightest radio...
Scientists Observed Collision of Two Neutron Stars for the First Time
Using the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), astronomers have recorded a massive collision of two neutron stars 130 million light-years away from our planet. The explosion creates light, heavy elements and gravitational waves....
Newly Found Star Kronos Ate 15 Earth-Size Planets
A team of astronomers has found a new pair of stars – HD240430 and HD 240429. One of them dubbed Kronos after the titan from the Greek mythology because the star has eaten all...
Scientists Found Freon-40 Around Infant Star and Comet 67P
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/ Submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft, scientists have detected Freon-40, the organohalogen that might support life. The compound has been discovered around a protostar and the Comet 67P/...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Images
This video contains the following selection of images captured by the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The collection shows a variety of beautiful nebulas and the most interesting places in the Universe.
Red Star, U Antliae, Ejects Smoky Bubble of Gas
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/ Submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have captured an aging star, U Antliae, that is surrounded by a smoky bubble. They believe that studying the carbon star and its expelled dust...
Virgo and LIGO Detectors Trace Ripples After Black Hole Collision
Advanced Virgo detector in Italy and LIGO detectors in the US, scientists have managed to trace the ripples that appear after black holes’ collision in a distant galaxy. Namely, two black holes from the...
A Hot-Jupiter Exoplanet May Have Stratosphere
Scientists have found titanium-oxide in the layers of atmosphere surrounded a Hot-Jupiter exoplanet in the constellation Vela for the first time. This finding suggests that the exoplanet WASP-19b actually may have stratosphere.
Peculiar Dwarf Star Survived Supernova
Scientists have discovered a peculiar white dwarf star LP 40-365 that somehow has survived a supernova. Namely, scientists believe that a rare type of supernova known as ‘lax’ type may leave remnants after their...
Scientists Detected Second Fastest Known Pulsar
A team of scientists has detected a pulsar PSR J0952-0607 known as millisecond pulsar that rotates at the speed of 707 times per second. The pulsar is located in the Sextans constellations and is...
X-Ray Observation May Determine How Hospitable Is Certain Star System
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton, scientists have found that stars the size of our Sun or less might generate low energetic activity on surrounded planets. These stars become calmer...
NASA’s Kepler Mission Reveals Variability in Pleiades Cluster
Using a new photometric technique in addition to NASA’s Kepler mission, scientists have discovered variations in luminosity among the stars in the Pleiades cluster. They believe this method can help them in further search...
Scientists Captured the Most Detailed Image of Antares
The following video shows the most detailed image of the red supergiant star Antares. To get this amazing image, scientists have used the ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer.
