NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has taken the image of Tartarus Dorsa, Pluto’s mountain, which surface compares with dragon scales or snakeskin. This image reveals 330 miles or 530 kilometers of the snakeskin surface.
Even though scientists have discovered frozen water on the Martian poles long ago, they have revealed intriguing news: the existence of the flowing water on our closest neighborhood planet, Mars. They have explored the...
Scientists from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and the University of Campinas have made precise measurements of particle mass and electric charge that confirm the existence of a fundamental symmetry in nature.
Scientists have previously thought that dark matter makes the stars so dense that they eventually burst into black holes. However, the recent research makes scientists think that dark matter inside stars make their core...
Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the Gemini South telescope in Chile has captured images of a distant star β Pictoris (Beta Pictoris) and its orbiting gas giant planet. The star is located in the...
In this video, we can see the stunning image of total solar eclipse captured by Luc Jamet, a winner of the competition The Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year. The competition is organized by...
This video represents a compilation of images of our planet, the Milky Way and the Universe. We can see astonishing pictures of the Earth’s most beautiful phenomenon – Aurora Borealis, and the colorful and...
This new image of Nebula Messier 17 has been captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The nebula is known by its many...
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has captured beautiful images of the Martian South Pole, where we can see its ice cap, made of frozen water and carbon dioxide. This image is taken on a summer...
This time-lapse video shows us an astonishing view of the Milky Way, captured by an astrophotographer Meg McDonald. He took these beautiful pictures from the Olympic and Mount Rainer National Parks in Washington.
Scientists have discovered a pair of black holes, swinging around each other, this year. According to the latest research, they have found that the black holes will collide sooner than they have previously thought....
This video represents virtual flyover Pluto and consists of its latest images that show its icy surface. We can enjoy a view of its icy mountain range, heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio, and many ridges, mountains,...
This video contains 10 best curiosities about our galaxy, following by beautiful images of the Milky Way, seen from the Universe and the Earth.
This video contains images that Philae’s Rosetta Lander captured during its landing on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12th, 2014. Philae landed in the area called Aglikia and began shooting the surface of the...
The project SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) that has been active since 1995 has discovered 3,000 comets. Namely, its 3,000th comet was discovered on September 13th, 2015.
Chariklo, a centaur object that was discovered last year, orbits through the area between Saturn and Uranus. It is the first asteroid with the rings. Chariklo has two rings – one, which is seven...
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