Descent to Saturn’s Moon, Titan, Revisited
The following video shows a spectacular descent of ESA’s Huygens probe that happened on January 14th, 2005. The Huygens probe has landed on the farthest spot from our Sun.
Monthly Archive: January 2017
Black Hole in the Center of Milky Way Throws Cosmic Spitballs
A black hole in the center of the Milky Way shows interesting dynamics. Namely, when a star comes too close to the Galactic Center, the supermassive black hole shreds it apart and spews out...
Moon’s Origin
A team of scientists has conducted research about the Moon’s origin and published their theory in the journal Nature Geoscience. According to them, our Moon went through many impacts during its formation stage. Moreover,...
Scientists Found Gigantic Particle Accelerator
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have found that two huge galaxy clusters – Abel 3411 and Abel 3412 – collide. Moreover, they have discovered that a supermassive black hole also takes...
Cassini Captured Mysterious Clouds on Titan
Using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have captured strange clouds that mysteriously began to concentrate around Titan’s northern latitudes. These clouds were absent between 2010 and 2014, but now, scientists predict, they will become more...
Northern Lights Above Alaska
The following video shows the Northern Lights while dancing above the City of Fairbanks in Alaska.
Secret of Perseus Cluster
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have observed Perseus cluster and found interesting dynamics inside this swarm of galaxies. They gave discovered one more candidate that could help explain dark matter.
New Infrared Images of Orion Nebula Shed Lights on Stellar Mystery
Using ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), scientists have captured these spectacular near-infrared images of Orion Nebula that may help them solve a so-called stellar mystery. Namely, they have tried to...
Milky Way, as Seen from Anza-Borrego Desert
This time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way, captured from the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Rare Comet Just Passed Earth and Will Be Visible Until Mid-January
C/2016 U1 NEOWISE is a rare type of a comet that has just made its closest approach to the Earth – one in a thousand years. The comet is traveling now towards the Sun...
Mars Curiosity Rover Captured Purple Rocks
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover has made three photographies of Martian terrain that reveal that the Red Planet hides more colors than we previously thought. Namely, the images show purple rocks without Martian red hue.
Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2017
This video explains how and where to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower this year. The peak is expected to occur on January 3rd and 4th, depending on skywatcher’s location.
