Mysterious World of Pluto
Before July 2015, all information we get from Pluto were collected by Hubble Space Telescope. Until recently, we were not able to peek into the intriguing world of ice and dark, the mysterious world...
Category: The Planets
Planets, Constellations and Events in the October Night Sky
The following video gives us guidance on how and where to look for most visible constellations, planets and events in the October night sky. The month begins with the planet Saturn, as the evening...
NASA Released a New Image of Pluto’s Surface
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has taken the image of Tartarus Dorsa, Pluto’s mountain, which surface compares with dragon scales or snakeskin. This image reveals 330 miles or 530 kilometers of the snakeskin surface.
NASA Confirms the Existence of Flowing Water on Planet Mars
Even though scientists have discovered frozen water on the Martian poles long ago, they have revealed intriguing news: the existence of the flowing water on our closest neighborhood planet, Mars. They have explored the...
ESA Released the Image of Mars’ South Pole and Its Ice Cap
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has captured beautiful images of the Martian South Pole, where we can see its ice cap, made of frozen water and carbon dioxide. This image is taken on a summer...
One of Saturn’s Rings Has Different Structure
In a recent study, a team of scientists discovered that one section of the ring behaves differently than others. By using data sent from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during the equinox, scientists explore unusual structures...
Composition of Mars’ Upper Atmosphere
NASA’s MAVEN (the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) probe examines data on Mars’ upper atmosphere that can help scientists to discover how it lost its density and made Mars the last possible place to...
An Explanation of the Mystery of the ‘Alien Plugholes’ on Mars Might Be Quite Simple
Strange craters that have terraced shapes have baffled scientists for years. Recently, they found a huge slab of water ice beneath the crater’s surface that occupies an area the size of Texas and California...
Planets, Constellations and Events in the September Night Sky
At the beginning of the month, we can look for Saturn in the southwestern sky after sunset. Early in the morning, we can see a beautiful duet of Mars and Venus rising in the...
New Findings About Enceladus’s Ocean Raised Hopes for Terrestrial Life
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, hides a liquid ocean beneath its surface that baffles scientists for years. According to a new theory, they believe that Enceladus has a ‘fluffy’ core, the core compounded of boulders and...
The Ancient Mars Was, in Fact, the Blue Planet
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has found evidence that Mars once had water. It explores the Mount Sharp region of Mars, where it discovered a high percentage of silica and hydrogen content, just a meter below...
The Final Flyby of Dione, Saturn’s Moon
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured a new image of Dione, one of the Saturn’s moons when making the last flyby. According to scientists, the main goal of Dione’s observation is an exploration of its...
How to Survive Martian Atmosphere
This video explores scenario in which humans would struggle to survive on Mars. The Martian atmosphere is completely different from ours, and the life giving substance, oxygen, is present only in traces. Moreover, humidity...
Exploring Venus
This video shows us retrospection of Venus’ exploration from its beginnings when NASA sent the first spacecraft on a mission to explore another planet in our Solar System. This spacecraft was Mariner 2 that...
Resume of the Newest Discoveries of Dwarf Planet, Ceres
In this video, Amy Shira Teitel from DNews reminds us on the latest findings on Ceres. NASA’s Dawn mission reveals two bright spots on its surface with different temperature. The latest news reveals the...
Astronomers Have Found 3 New Super-Earths
NASA confirms the discovery of three Earth-like planets in our closest neighborhood. A newly discovered planetary system contains 4 planets – 3 super-Earths and one giant planet, orbiting around a K – dwarf star...
Scientists Found Mysterious Red Arcs on Tethys, Saturn’s Icy Moon
NASA has revealed a new image that displays interesting phenomenon – graffiti-like red lines that stretch through the surface of Saturn’s moon, Tethys. Although scientists do not have an explanation for these strange lines,...
