Monthly Archive: February 2017
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected two small objects, named as F16QA and F16QB, in Saturn’s F ring. The celestial objects were discovered by using Cassini’s narrow-angle camera on February 5, 2017.
In the following month, Mars and Venus are still very close and appear as the evening planets after sunset. We can look for these two bright planets in the western horizon. In the second...
This time-lapse video shows the first solar eclipse in 2017, captured from Coyhaique, Chile. The video is made by Slooh, on February 26th.
The following time-lapse video shows the aurora borealis while dancing in the night sky above the northern Iceland. The video is created by an astrophotographer, John Scarr.
The following video explains where we can watch the first solar eclipse this year. The eclipse will occur on February 26th.
This time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way captured from Lake Alpine, California. The video is created by an astrophotographer, Hal Wilkerson.
Scientists have detected 7 Earth-like planets orbiting a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. The seven habitable planets are located in the habitable zone and might support life.
Using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists have captured a new image of rayed crater, called Creusa, on Saturn’s moon, Dione. The image was taken from a distance of 560,000 kilometers or 350,000 miles on November...
The following video is actually a quick tour of two nearest galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, as seen in ultraviolet light.
Using Slooh online observatory’s telescope in Chile, astronomers have spotted the Comet 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann as it passes by the Earth. They have noticed that its nucleus has split into two pieces thus continuing the...
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has made more than 20 flybys over the Saturn’s most exciting moon, Enceladus, Finally, it reveals some strange disturbances in Saturn’s magnetic field that point to Enceladus’ hidden ocean.
By using data from the NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, scientists have found organic molecules on dwarf planet, Ceres. The discovery points at the possibility of the existence of primitive life forms on this mysterious member...
The mystery of the Earth’s inner core might be finally solved by a new theory. According to scientists, inside the Earth’s iron core lies another – inner iron core – that does not melt.
The ESA’s astronomer has captured a mysterious electrical discharge in the Earth’s atmosphere that appears in a form of blue jets during thunderstorms. This extraordinary footage shows how little we actually understand the Earth’s...
This video represents the extended version of the planet’s Earth view from the International Space Station. The video was captured last year in 4K resolution.
This stunning video shows four gas giant planets in an alien star system that orbit a star known as HR 8799.
The following time-lapse video consists of the images of the Milky Way taken from Martin Dies Jr. State Park, Matagorda beach, the Devils River, the Llano River and Seminole Canyon, in Texas. All images...
The following video is made from a plane while flying across Norway. A photographer was traveling from Oslo to Tromso when a magic of the Northern Lights appeared.