Astronomers Share Snapshot of Beautiful Planetary Nebula

SPACE 03.02.2020 00:13 AM

Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have taken a photo of a plenary nebula called the CVMP 1. The snapshot was taken during the Cerro Pachon summit in Chile. The said plenary nebula is located in Circinus' southern constellation some 6,500 lightyears away.

Minimoon Orbits Earth for 3 Years, But No One Knew?

02.27.2020 07:41 AM

Astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey spotted a minimoon that has apparently been orbiting Earth for 3 years now.

Is There Life on Mars? NASA InSight Rover Detects Quakes

02.26.2020 11:40 AM

Mars seismic activity and ground vibration may manifest that there life on the planet. Is there really alien life on Mars?

Double Star System with an Alter Ego Discovered, NASA Reports

02.25.2020 21:40 PM

Cosmic 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' are spotted using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory (Photo : Pixabay)A silhouette of a man sitting on a rock looking up into the sky A double star system or binary stars are two stars orbiting one common center mass.

Researchers Develops Ways to Deflect ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroid Hitting Earth

02.24.2020 12:37 PM

According to a research, there are ways to avoid being hit by a giant asteroid. Here's what can be done.

New Study Suggests That Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded

02.24.2020 12:19 PM

A hotly debated topic whether dinosaurs are warm or cold-blooded is finally answered by a new Yale-led study. The answer: dinosaurs are warm-blooded.

Molecular Oxygen Spotted More Than Half-Billion Light Years Away

02.24.2020 10:23 AM

Scientists finally detected molecular oxygen outside Milky Way galaxy. (Photo : Pixabay)The Milky Way Galaxy as seen from Earth Humans breathe one of the most common elements in the universe- the oxygen.

NASA on the Lookout for Four Possible Space Missions

02.18.2020 19:25 PM

In 2021, NASA will reveal which among the four possible space missions from their discovery program will move forward to the next round.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Heightens

02.17.2020 23:00 PM

With the discovery of new exoplanets and the emergence of advanced technology, finding intelligent life outside Earth is more possible now than ever.

One Small Grain of Moon Dust, One Giant Leap for Lunar Studies

02.07.2020 10:40 AM

Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in their labs. Since we haven't returned to the Moon in almost 50 years, every lunar sample is precious.

Kepler Discovers a White and Brown Dwarf Star Binary Pair That Gives off a Rare Outburst Event

01.31.2020 08:01 AM

Kepler detected the dwarf nova system called KSN: BS-C11a, that is made up of a white dwarf and brown dwarf which is significantly smaller than the white dwarf.The regular orbit of the brown dwarf around the larger white one is the distance from Earth to the Moon. A total of 83 minutes and a distance of 400,000 kilometers is how close they are.

Unified Binary Stars Identified as the Bizarre Objects Seen Near the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

01.31.2020 07:54 AM

One object in the middle of the milky way galaxy (MWG) perplexed astronomers for a quite some time. It is thought to be a hydrogen gas cloud on a collision course with a black hole.

Giant Comet Struck the Earth Seeding Microbes That Started Earth-Based Life

01.30.2020 07:39 AM

A new genesis of life throughout the cosmos is now proposed, and it postulates that life was caused by a near collision of a proto-earth, with a comet. This giant comet apparently carried away remnants of microbes that hitched and seeded a part of the cosmos.

The Dark Energy Survey Will Find Answers to an Expanding Universe or Is It Compressing to Its Former Singularity to End All Existence

01.30.2020 07:38 AM

Finding dark matter in the universe is like finding a needle in a haystack of cosmic proportions. The tool of choice is the Dark Energy Camera, with 570-mega pixels and installed in the 4-meter Victor M. Blanco telescope that is located in the Andes Mountains in Chile.

NASA Explores Future Moon and Mars Homes Made of Fungi

01.29.2020 08:04 AM

Landing on Mars is one thing, but having a safe habitat and being able to stay on the red planet is another one altogether.