Using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, scientists have detected a Jupiter-like exoplanet that rotates around two stars. The exoplanet is known as Kepler-1647b; it is 11 times larger than Earth in diameter and...
Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, scientists have detected a new exoplanet CVSO 30c near the Orion’s Belt. The exoplanet and its host star are 1,200 light-years away from our planet.
The New Horizons Spacecraft continues sending data of Pluto’s icy surface. This new image portrays Pluto’s canyons with nearby icy mountains. The new icy plain of Pluto got its name Krun Macula after the...
This time-lapse video consists of images taken from the Washington’s Cascade Mountains. The images show the Milky Way in all its glory above Mount Adams, the sleeping volcano. The video is made by Meg...
This list contains the 25 most fascinating recent discoveries about our Universe. Among them are Martian tsunamis, gravitational waves, cosmic purgatory, etc.
Using data from Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have a better perspective of auroras on Jupiter.
For the first time, scientists have observed that a supermassive black hole in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 2597 is surrounded by super-cold gas clouds instead with the clouds of hot gas as...
The following time-lapse video contains the selection of images of the Milky Way, as seen above Grosvenor Arch, Utah. We can see Vega, the brightest star on the right side, and the Lyrid Meteor...
Mars appears to have the biggest canyon in our Solar System. It is called Valles Marineris, which is 3,000 kilometers long and 8 kilometers deep.
A new study reveals that our galaxy has a mass of approximately 700 billion suns. Namely, the study included galaxy’s dark matter that was not considered before.
The following video gives us the list of the 25 space objects that are visible to the naked eye. The list contains planets, constellations, and distant stars.
A bright fireball lit up the night sky above Arizona last Thursday. NASA confirms that a small asteroid, which was five feet in diameter and traveled at the speed of 40,000 mph, entered the...
In this video, Bill Nye explains NASA’s Juno historical mission to Jupiter. He describes how scientists will use technology to find out more about Jupiter and its internal composition.
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists collected data during the several years that help them make this animated video and show the evolution of the Tycho supernova remnants.
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