Researchers observed shockwaves around galaxy clusters and filaments that connect them in the universe for the first time. Read the article to learn more details.
Physicists discovered that cosmic expansion may rely on dark energy until the conditions are right for another Big Bang. Read the article to learn more.
Astronomers have spotted a celestial object blazing through the Milky Way at a remarkable speed of 4 milliom kmph or 2.5 mph. Read to know more about this star.
Scientists have confirmed the existence of dark matter, a mysterious material that can be found throughout the cosmos. But there are more questions left unanswered that needed to be addressed. Check out these questions in this article.
Scientists unveiled a first-of-its-kind map of the observable universe that allows users to scroll through 200,000 galaxies in the entire cosmos, Check it out in this article.
Two scientists estimated that the world has a higher entropy and hence is more plausible than other potential universes. "[It's] a response to a question that has yet to be fully comprehended," according to the calculation.
NASA said that the combined data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory that detect all kinds of lights could help investigate the cosmic phenomena highlighted in the breathtaking images.
With only a matter of days standing between now and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta Mission landing on its host Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, researchers and the ESA are looking towards what the future of the mission may mean for Earth. As the first successful orbit around a comet, speeding through our solar system on its mission around the sun, the ESA is searching for answers not only on the origin of our Earth, but also of our solar system—something they say they will find in a new sci-fi film released this morning, Oct. 24.
As news spread worldwide of the arrival of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring, anticipated to arrive yesterday Sunday Oct. 19 just outside of Mars’ outer atmosphere, it appears that aerospace agencies invested in the red planet headed the warnings and got out of the way of the fast moving rock. Following NASA’s lead in safety protocol, intended to keep Mars orbiters functional and safe from cosmic debris, other agencies like the European Space Agency (ESA) elected to “duck and cover” behind the planet Mars and peak out only for an up-close look at the rare, passing comet.
It’s been a conversation months in the making. No, it’s not a new iPhone product or what celebrity baby names will be hot this Winter, but rather what to call one of the greatest achievements mankind will make in your lifetime?
Reaching out to the public for a little bit of inspiration in creative names, researchers at the ESA have created an open competition where anyone and everyone can submit their own ideas for what the site should be named.