Bright Lights on Ceres Could Be from Ice
Scientists have captured a new image of a dwarf planet Ceres, which reveals more bright spots on its surface than they possibly thought. Although this new image is clearer and detects the crater on...
Monthly Archive: May 2015
Geology of Mars
Christina Beck, a planetary geologist of the Johns Hopkins University, explores the geology of Mars by using the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM). One of her fields of research is Valles Marineris,...
Facts About Andromeda Galaxy
In the following video, Julia Wilde from DNews speaks about Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighbor that lies 2.5 million light-years away from us. She weaves the story of Andromeda from its very beginnings, exploring...
NASA’s Probe Reveals Possible Polar Cap on Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons probe has captured the latest image of Pluto from a distance of 70,000 miles. This image displays a bright spot on the dwarf planet’s surface, which may represent its polar ice...
How Coronagraph Detects Exoplanets – NASA
In this video, Dr. Nick Siegler, Technology Manager of the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program, explains how coronagraph, a promising technology, works in searching for exoplanets. For this purpose, scientists use a space telescope with...
Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus, Spews Water from a Geyser-Like Plume
NASA’s Cassini mission enables scientists to rethink the nature of a hundred geysers they found on Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth moon. They reconsidered their previous explanation on erupting jet-like geysers on Enceladus and concluded that...
Amateur Astronomers Have Detected 5 New Supernovas
Around 40,000 citizen scientists took part in astronomy project at the Australian National University. They managed to identify 5 new supernovas in the huge database of sky images.
Halo of Gas Around Andromeda Galaxy Is a Thousand Times More Massive than Scientists Think
Astronomers found out a huge halo of gas around our nearest neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, which is a thousand times more massive and 6 times larger than they previously thought. They used NASA’s Hubble Space...
Evolution of the Moon
This video represents a review of the Moon’s formation, which had started 4.5 billion years ago. Following its different stages, this video covers all major phases necessary for the Moon’s evolution. The video begins...
Northern Lights in Alaska
This time-lapse video contains a selection of images of Aurora Borealis dancing in the night sky in Alaska. John Chumack, an astrophotographer, captured these beautiful images of the northern lights.
Multiple Star Systems Are Pretty Common in Our Universe
Julie Wilde from Dnews.com explains a strange phenomenon of multiple star systems that scientists consider as a common system in the space. The majority of these multiple star systems is binary systems that consist...
How Wet Was Ancient Mars?
For scientists, the question about water on planet Mars always represents an enigma. Now, they have evidence that ancient Mars had water, but they still do not know how much. Some speculate that there...
Planets, Constellations, and Events in the May’s Night Sky
This video gives us the highlights of the May sky 2015. The month begins with brilliant Venus and Mercury, shining in the western sky as the evening’s planets. Even though Mercury will disappear under...
25 Weird Things Found in Outer Space
This video contains a collection of 25 things, which still puzzles scientists. Among these 25 stuff are dark matter, red dwarfs, nomad planets, pulsars, etc.
The Most Beautiful Hubble Images
This video reminds us of the most popular Hubble images that were released on its anniversaries. It especially explores a new image of Westerlund 2, which were released on this year anniversary.
