The Strange Haze above Mars
The mysterious haze above Mars was captured by amateur astronomers for the first time, in 2012. Scientists are not sure whether this phenomenon is a huge bright cloud or Mars’ aurora. At this moment,...
Category: The Planets
Triple Transit of Jupiter’s Moons
Hubble Space Telescope captured the images of the rare transit of Jupiter’s moons: Io, Callisto, and Europa while passing across Jupiter. The next triple-transit, we can see in December, 2032.
The Role of Saturn’s Moons in Rings’ Formation
According to many scientists, Saturn’s rings were created when its large ancient moon came too close and was torn into pieces by Saturn’s strong gravitational force. Although, Saturn has about 60 moons with Titan...
The Glow of Zodiacal Light
This stunning time-lapse video shows us the rare phenomenon called the zodiacal light, Milky Way with Venus, Saturn, and Mercury in the night sky above three Indonesian volcanoes. These beautiful pictures have been captured...
Mars’ Landscapes
This video leads us through beautiful Martian landscapes. It simulates the flight over Mars, and shows us Martian surface from different perspectives.
How to Find Habitable Planets
Australian scientists theorize that there are two Earth-like planets in “goldilocks” zone orbiting around an average star. These planets are very hard to detect by Kepler, because they are not too close to the...
New Study Reveals a Ring System Much Larger than Saturn
Astronomers have found a planet with a gigantic ring system that is 200 times the size of Saturn’s. This is the first time that scientists have detected a ring system outside our Solar System....
A Look at Mars’ Surface through the Eyes of Rover
This video shows us NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Mission from its beginnings in 2003. NASA’s engineer Kobie Boykins uncovers a story about exploration of Mars’ surface with a lot of details.
New Image of Mysterious Ceres – NASA
After 7 years of travel, Dawn, NASA’s robot, will reach Ceres in March this year. Ceres is the biggest object in the Asteroid Belt. Scientists know very little about Ceres and have not categorized...
A Video Journey through Our Solar System in HD Technology
This video shows us the most important facts about our Solar System and guides us from Mercury to Neptune, uncovering its magnificent beauty.
Top Events in the Night Sky
During February, Jupiter will face the Sun by its opposition, which can be seen as a series of mutual eclipses. At the same time, three Jupiter’s moons – Io, Calisto, and Europa – will...
Two New Planets beyond Neptune May Orbit Our Sun
According to new research, there are at least two large planets in our Solar System beyond Neptune’s orbit. Two scientists from the United States set up a new hypothesis that the unexpected orbits of...
Closer View of Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon
In the following video, we can see dark brown and light brown regions as dune fields and mountains spread on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. If we want to go deeper and take...
Earth’s Twin Planet
In March 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope launched in order to hunt exoplanets, or planets that orbit around distant stars. Till now, Kepler has found about a thousand planets and 21 planets that resemble...
What Are the Sky Highlights for January 2015?
One of the biggest highlights for this month is the alignment of Jupiter’s moons. The video gives us detailed information on where to look for Jupiter in the night sky during this month.
Titan’s Alien World
Titan, as the largest moon of Saturn, resembles on our planet Earth. This orange satellite is bigger than Mercury. Its atmosphere covers a network of lakes that contains liquid methane.
A Planet with Two Sunsets
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered many exoplanets candidates, and is technically equipped to find the planets as small as our Earth, orbiting around the star the size of our Sun. Throughout this mission, astronomers...
Saturn Close-Up
This video represents the collection of astonishing Saturn’s images captured by Cassini probe in 4K. Images are followed by scientific details that help us to understand the whole picture of this amazing planet.
