Rare October Harvest Moon
This year, the Harvest moon will appear on Friday. The Harvest Moon is the full moon that appears closest to the autumnal equinox. Often, the Harvest Moon rises in September, but this year it...
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NASA Spotted Aurora Covering Almost Entire Mars
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has spotted a huge aurora that covers almost entire Mars. This Aurora is 25 times brighter than we have seen before. It appears as a result of the solar storm that...
Milky Way as Seen from Quebec, Canada
The following time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way captured from Quebec, Canada. The video is created by an astrophotographer Eric Deschamps.
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...
Scientists Resolved the Mystery Behind Pluto’s Blades of Ice
NASA’s New Horizons’ mission reveals giant blades of ice on Pluto’s surface that resembles huge skyscrapers. However, scientists were baffled by their size and how they have been formed. A new research resolved the...
Amazing Aurora as Seen from Alaska
The following time-lapse video shows an amazing view of aurora borealis captured from Ketchikan, Alaska. The video is made by an astrophotographer, Felix Wong, who takes the images during the last autumn.
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...
New Cassini’s Image Shows Ghostly Enceladus
The following video shows a new image of crescent Enceladus captured by the NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The image was taken when Cassini was about 180,000 kilometers away from the Saturn’s moon, on March 29...
Planets, Constellations, and Events in the October Night Sky
During the beginning of the following month, we can observe Mars and Venus rising together in the east in the early morning. They will make a conjunction on October 5th and then start to...
Amazing View of the Milky Way Seen from Oregon
The following time-lapse video shows an amazing view of the Milky Way captured from the Right Lane ranch, Spray, Oregon. The video is made by an astrophotographer Vrajesh Patel on August 20 this year.
Astronomers Found the Strangest Asteroid So Far
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found that asteroid 288P is the strangest asteroid they have ever seen. Namely, they have confirmed that the object is actually a binary asteroid where two asteroids...
Autumn Equinox Is Followed by Moon Jupiter Conjunction
The Autumn Equinox this year will happen on September 22. At the same time, the waxing Moon will make a close conjunction with the biggest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter. We can also...
Aurora Australis as Seen from Space
The following time-lapse video shows an astonishing view of the Aurora Australis from the International Space Station (ISS). The video consists of 919 photos and is created by ESA’s astronaut Paolo Nespoli on August...
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.
Juno Captures Stunning New Images of Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made its 7th flyby of Jupiter and captured these stunning new images. The images reveal full coloring of this beautiful planet and its mysterious clouds.
Milky Way as Seen from Nova Scotia
The following video shows a beautiful view of the Milky Way while rising above Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. The video is created by an astrophotographer Gapper NS on September 11 and 12.
Time-Lapse of Aurora Borealis Dancing in the North Pole
The following time-lapse video contains the images of aurora borealis while dancing in the North Pole, Alaska. The video is made by an astrophotographer James Pat Patrick on August 31.
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...
