Monthly Archive: October 2016
During the following month, we can observe Venus and Mars as the evening planets and Jupiter as a morning planet. Shortly, in the very beginning of November, we can observe Venus and Saturn together...
The following time-lapse video consists of images of the Milky Way, taken from Bavaria, Germany. The images were captured in 4K resolution by an astrophotographer Hermann Forster.
This time-lapse video contains the images of the Northern Lights, captured from the International Space Station (ISS). The video is created by Riccardo Rossi (ISAA) on October 25th this year.
Using NASA’ Cassini spacecraft, astronomers have captured Saturn’s hexagonal storm and noted the change in its color. Namely. Hexagonal storm located at the northern part of Saturn ha suddenly changed its color from blue...
In this video, Dr. Ian O’Neill from DNews explains the theory behind the ninth planet of our Solar System. Namely, a team of scientists from Caltech found the link between a large unknown planet,...
By observing strange stellar eclipses of the young star J1407, scientists have discovered colossal rings around the orbiting planet. According to them, there are 30 rings and each of them spread around the planet...
This video contains the list of 25 astonishing facts about our Universe that can seem pretty scary.
The New Horizon spacecraft has shed new light on what the dwarf planet Pluto actally looks like.
The following time-lapse video contains about 7,000 images of the Milky Way, taken from Rhone-Alpes, southeast France. The video is created by an astrophotographer, Mathieu Descombes.
Scientists have found a new type of star system that has two stars as in a binary system, and each of them has an orbiting body. They named it binary-binary system. This discovery shakes...
The following video explains what is Jupiter’s Red Spot and how it generates its energy. Scientists have revealed that a huge ocean of liquid metallic hydrogen feeds the Great Red Spot.
Using the Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers has captured Eta Carinae, a binary star system and released the most detailed image. They have even managed to snap the windy area between the...
Using the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph on NASA’s MAVEN orbiter, scientists have collected new images that show clouds over Mars’ volcanoes in ultraviolet mod. This video contains the images that show 7 hours of Mars’...
The Orionid meteor shower usually appears in the second part of October and lasts until November. This year, it will reach its peak from October 20th to October 21st.
This time-lapse video is created from images of the Milky Way captured from Croatia.
During this year, we have three ‘supermoons’ – October 16, November 14, and December 14. While we can just witness the first of them, scientists inform us that the next supermoon will be the...