Planets, Dwarf Planets and Asteroids Visible in June 2015
At the beginning of the month, we can see Saturn very close to the Moon in the early evening. Pluto will also come close to the Moon, but it is still invisible. At the...
Category: Asteroids & Comets
New Images of Comet 67P
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released new images of the Comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko, taken by the Rosetta space probe. They depict the area of 4 km wide, full of ice, snow,...
German Scientists Have Discovered a Mysterious Rock on Comet 67P
Scientists from Rosetta’s OSIRIS team have spotted a so-called ‘balancing rocks’ on the comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko. They discovered a group of three boulders in the Aker region of the comet. The biggest...
The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Will Reach Its Peak on Tuesday
The Eta Aquarids will appear from the constellation Aquarius on May 5, 6, and 7th. This meteor shower will be visible from both hemispheres, but it can be better observed from the southern hemisphere....
The Rosetta Mission: Where Did Water on the Earth Come From?
Are comets responsible to bring water to the Earth? In this video, scientists from the Rosetta Mission try answering this question.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Will Reach Perihelion This Summer
Astronomers expect that the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko will reach its peak position on the summer sky, on August 13th, this year. This will cause the appearance of the coma since the comet’s approach to the...
Dramatic Changes That Shaped Our Solar System
In this video, scientists explain what has happened to Jupiter, when the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit it in July 1994. According to them, Jupiter as the largest and the most massive planet in our...
The next Stage of the Rosetta Mission – ESA
This video shows Rosetta comet from the closest perspective with incredible details. The next stage of the Rosetta mission will go on during 2015 when scientists believe to be able to explore the environment...
Comet Lovejoy at Its Peak
This video recorded comet Lovejoy when travelling on its peak, while flying by constellations of Perseus and Taurus.
Huge Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on January 26th
Massive asteroid 2004 BL86 will be at its closest approach to Earth on January 26th. This video explains how to set up your telescope and find it in the sky.
What Causes Scientists to Reconsider the Nemesis Theory?
Extinctions on our planet occur periodically. The regularity of extinctions caused scientists to look for possible explanations. One of them is Nemesis theory and according to it, Nemesis is a dwarf red planet, which...
How Do Comets Get Their Tails?
In order to find an answer to this question, scientists explored short-period comets, comets that come from the Kuiper Belt and need 20 to 200 years to finish their orbit around the Sun. These...
Beautiful Comet Lovejoy Has a Long, Blue Tail of 7 Million Km
Comet Lovejoy was closest to Earth on January 7th, and it now travels to its brightest position – to perihelion, the closest approach to the Sun. The comet will reach its brightest point on...
The Oort Cloud Mysteries
The Oort cloud is a vast, distant sphere that contains billions of objects with a vast space between them. Even though scientists have never captured an image of the Oort cloud, they have firm...
Newly Discovered Comet Lovejoy Will Be Visible in January 2015
An Australian amateur, Terry Lovejoy discovered the new comet C/2014 Q2. It is estimated that Lovejoy comet will reach an excellent position on the Northern hemisphere, where it will be visible to a naked-eye...
It Is the Right Time for Geminid Meteor Shower – NASA
Every year in December, planet Earth moves through a dusty trail of 3200 Phaeton comet, producing the biggest annual meteor shower. This year, we can expect Geminid meteor shower to reach its maximum on...
Meteor Shower Radiating from the Gemini Constellation Will Reach Its Peak on December 13/14
The Geminid meteor shower will happen in December, and will be at its maximum on December 13th and 14th. The approximate speed of shooting stars is estimated at 120-160 stars per hour.
The Future of Osiris-Rex Mission Can Reveal New Information about Our Solar System
Astronomers are planning to visit asteroid Bennu in 2018, by starting Osiris-Rex mission. They hope to collect the original material from the asteroid, because unlike the Earth, Bennu has a lot of rock and...
