A team of scientists examined a supernova in the galaxy UGC 5189A with the Very Large Telescope in Chile and discovered the mystery about stardust produced by supernova explosions. They found out that the...
Rosetta’s camera Osiris has captured powerful outburst that a comet 67O/Churyumov-Gerasimenko blasted on July 29th. The jet comes from the narrow area of the comet that holds its two lobes together.
NASA’s astronomers have spotted the 10th planet orbiting around two stars that make the circumbinary system, the system completely unknown before Kepler mission. The exoplanet, known as Kepler 453b, is 6.2 times larger than...
This year, the Perseid meteor shower will reach its highest intensity between August 12th and 13th. According to astronomers, it will be possible to observe almost 100 meteors during the peak hours of the...
This video explains in a practical and simple way how the Earth’s core generates the strong magnetic force. We can acknowledge the presence of magnetic force by using a compass, but what we see...
This animated video represents a compilation of images of a dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The animation reveals Occator crater and its famous bright spots in more detail than we were...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been captured more than 2 million images that create this amazing panoramic view of our galaxy. For ten years of its activity, Spitzer has used about 4,000 hours to...
The planetary nebula ESO 378-1, known as Southern Owl Nebula, is placed in the constellation Hydra, which is about 3,250 light-years away from our planet. This ghostly nebula has been captured by ESO’s Very...
This video shows us the sequences of images taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. The satellite was orbiting between the Sun and the Earth,...
In a recent survey, scientists have found out a new map of the Milky Way that shows its stars have migrated far from their birthplace. The map helps astronomers to understand better the process...
The Moon reached its full moon phase on Friday, July 31st. This video shows the rare phenomenon called the blue moon, captured while rising in the night sky above Novi Sad, Serbia.
In this video, Amy Shira Teitel from DNews reminds us on the latest findings on Ceres. NASA’s Dawn mission reveals two bright spots on its surface with different temperature. The latest news reveals the...
This time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way, taken by an amateur astrophotographer, the owner of WortSchnipsel.de. All images were captured during his vacation, spending in Mallorca, Spain.
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