Monthly Archive: July 2016
Our Solar System is not small and contains many planets, dwarf planets and other space objects that possess icy and unapproachable places. Surprisingly, the coldest spot in our Solar System is not located in...
A team of astronomers has discovered a new icy dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. The new planet called 2015 RR245 is approximately 700 km in diameter and needs 700 years to orbit the...
Using data from the NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered the areas on dwarf planet Ceres that lie in complete darkness. According to them, these areas contain craters with extremely low temperature and can...
This time-lapse video contains a selection of images of the Milky Way, taken from Erinsville, Ontario, Canada. The video is created by Dark Arts Astrophotography.
Scientists have revealed a dormant supermassive black hole while swallowing a star that comes too close. They use X-rays that enable them to get an idea of what had happened in the closeness of...
The following video contains the images of the southern lights taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The images were captured at the end of June.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers zoom in on the Crab Nebula, the nebula which is located in the Taurus constellation and is 6500 light-years away from our planet.
This video explores Orion Nebula, one of the brightest nebulae in our Universe, which represents a place where stars are grouped into clusters.
After five years of traveling, NASA’s Juno spacecraft reaches Jupiter’s orbit on Monday, July 4th. Now, scientists expect to find out more about Jupiter’s unique atmosphere, its core, and auroras.
This time-lapse video contains images of the Aurora Borealis that were taken from Lapland, Sweden. A creator of the video is Stephen Mullen.
This video contains all interesting facts about the Juno mission to Jupiter that we may want to know. NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter on Monday, July 4th.
This animated video shows the ultraviolet view of Jupiter’s auroras. The images were captured by the Hubble Space Telescope during one month in 2016.
This video shows us a beautiful cluster of stars known as Westerlund 2. Westerlund 2 is located in the Carina constellation that is 20,000 light-years away from our planet.