The South Pole Wall: 100 Million Billion Stars Are Found Hiding in the Milky Way

SPACE 07.11.2020 01:10 AM

A recent discovery of 100 million billion stars hidden the Milky Way is named the South Pole Wall. Cosmographers explain how it's possible to map out what they can't see in space.

Venus Will Be At Its Brightest This Week: Here's How You Can See It

07.09.2020 21:55 PM

Morning star Venus will reach its brightest this week for 2020 as it rises into the predawn sky in the constellation of Taurus, the bull, near the bright star Aldebaran.

Weird Glistening ‘Gel-Like’ Substance Found by Chinese Rover Has Now Been Identified

07.09.2020 06:58 AM

Chinese Yutu-2 rover has discovered a green gel-like substance in a small impact crater on the far side of the moon in 2019, and finally, scientists have identified it-- a rock.

Evidence of Stars Born Elsewhere Suddenly Merged With the Milky Way

07.08.2020 05:45 AM

Astronomers announce the discovery of Nyx, a dwarf galaxy that has merged in the Milky Way and continues to move towards the galaxy's center.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Detects Galaxy Moving Away From Earth at 3 Million Miles Per Hour

07.06.2020 21:23 PM

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a distant galaxy moving away from the Earth 60 million light-years away. The star was identified as NGC 7513, and was moving away from the Milky Way at 3.5 million mph.

Here’s What We Know About Comet NEOWISE and How to See Its Dazzling Show This Month

07.06.2020 09:07 AM

NEOWISE telescope has discovered its latest comet who has survived its closest approach to the sun, and it has raised hopes among the scientists that it may be a tantalizing object for skywatchers after two comets ATLAS and SWAN.

The Tilted Disk: The Milky Way’s Core Energy Reveals New Insight for the Entire Galaxy

07.04.2020 06:04 AM

Scientists made a new discovery regarding the behavior of gases at the Milky Way's core, the Tilted Disk. Discovering the source of their activity may explain the Galaxy's energy.

Watch! Latest Flyover Footage From ESA’s Spacecraft Shows Stunning View of Ice-Filled Crater of Mars

07.03.2020 22:47 PM

The stunning video was created by the imagery gathered by the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter gives the viewer a sense of what it feels like to fly in an airplane on another planet.

Largest Known Rocky Planet 40 Times Larger Than Earth Found Orbiting a Sun-Like Star 730 Light Years Away

07.02.2020 05:19 AM

Planet TOI-849b is almost as wide as Neptune, but this incredibly massive rocky world challenges the way astronomers think about how planets form.

NASA will Invest $51 Million in Over 300 Small Businesses Involved in Technological Innovations

06.30.2020 23:14 PM

NASA's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs have just finished Phase I in selecting which small businesses they will invest in.

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Massive Telescope Captures Mystery Cosmic Disappearance

06.30.2020 09:12 AM

ESO's Very Large Telescope captures the disappearance of a very massive star in the Kinman Dwarf galaxy.

NASA Is Getting Ready for the Artemis Moon Missions by 2024

06.30.2020 07:45 AM

The Artemis missions will be sending humans back to the moon, including the first woman on the moon. Soon after, NASA will be preparing for sending astronauts on missions to Mars.

It’s Raining Diamonds in Neptune and Uranus, but How Is This Possible?

06.29.2020 11:36 AM

Neptune and Uranus are two planets in the solar system that are most poorly understood. Deep within them, they could be raining diamonds, and scientists now know-how.

A Walk to Remember: NASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk to Replace Lithium Ion Batteries as Part of Power Upgrades in ISS

06.26.2020 21:34 PM

These spacewalks mark the end of a series of power upgrades that began in January 2017 to replace nickel-hydrogen batteries with new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades of the International Space Station.

Scientists: Two Newly Discovered ‘Super Earth’ Exoplanets Are Habitable

06.25.2020 23:40 PM

A pair of exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf near the Sun may be habitable, scientists say. They are yet to confirm if a third planet exists and show signs of life.