Monthly Archive: December 2015
Canary Night Sky
The following time-lapse video represents a selection of images taken by an astrophotographer donklaus7777. All pictures are made in 4K resolution and captured from Roche de Los Muchachos, La Palma, the Canary Islands.
Planets, Constellations, and Events in the January’s Night Sky
This video shows the highlights of the January sky. As evening star, we can look for Jupiter, which rises in the eastern sky, just before the midnight. The constellation Auriga and Taurus will be...
Curiosity Took the First Color Self-Portrait from Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrates Christmas 2015 in Namib Dune, the part of the larger area of sand dunes, known as the “Bagnold Dunes.” Curiosity captured a color self-portrait with the Mastcam 34mm camera on...
Astronomers Discovered Extraordinary Large Galactic Tail
By using data from the NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a galaxy cluster in the constellation of Hercules, known as Zwicky 8338, with the largest galactic tail. The galactic tail is long...
Scientists Discovered the Loneliest Galaxy
By using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have found the loneliest galaxy also known as MCG+01-02-015. According to them, the galaxy is somehow settled in the middle of the vast void. How did the...
What Are Stellar Extremophiles?
By using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) telescope, scientists have found distant stars in the environment that they have not expected star existence. The phenomenon is known as stellar extremophiles, the concept similar to...
Rare Christmas Full Moon
This Christmas, we can observe the Full Cold Moon, after 40 years from its latest appearance. The last Christmas full moon occurred on December 25th, 1977.
The Milky Way Captured from Inyo National Forest
This time-lapse video consists of images captured by Jeremy Evans, astrophotographer, from Bristlecone Pine National Forest. The forest is located in the Sierra Nevada and is known by the oldest Bristlecone Pine, which is...
‘Hanging Valleys’ Are the Main Feature of Pluto’s Area, Known as Sputnik Planum – NASA
By using data from the New Horizons spacecraft, scientists have discovered glacial activity on Pluto in the form of ‘hanging valleys’. The new images have revealed the great variety of Pluto’s landscape, especially in...
Scientists Found out the Closest Habitable Planet
Scientists have discovered the closest Earth-like planet, which is only 14 light-years away from our Solar System. The habitable planet is the middle one in the system of three planets that orbit a red...
The Milky Way, Seen from the International Space Station
The following video was taken from the International Space Station while travelling above Spain. It shows the starry night and the Milky Way on the horizon.
Hubble Detects a Newborn Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a newborn star, called Herby-Haro 24, in the constellation of Orion, also known as the Hunter. The first jets emerge from the clouds of gas and dust, implying...
A Black Hole Powered Galaxy Radiates Gamma Rays Toward Earth
By using the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the source of gamma rays that reached the Earth in April 2015 is...
Scientists Solved the Mystery of Missing Water in Hot Jupiters
By using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, astronomers have explored ten Jupiter-like exoplanets to find a clue about missing water. Namely, it appears that exoplanets contain less water than it was expected. However, thick...
The Milky Way and Aurora in 4K
This time-lapse video consists of selected images that an astrophotographer from Dakotalapse.com, Randy Halverson, has captured during 2014. The video is available to watch in 4K Ultra HD.
