Panoramic View of the Milky Way
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been captured more than 2 million images that create this amazing panoramic view of our galaxy. For ten years of its activity, Spitzer has used about 4,000 hours to...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has been captured more than 2 million images that create this amazing panoramic view of our galaxy. For ten years of its activity, Spitzer has used about 4,000 hours to...
The planetary nebula ESO 378-1, known as Southern Owl Nebula, is placed in the constellation Hydra, which is about 3,250 light-years away from our planet. This ghostly nebula has been captured by ESO’s Very...
This video shows us the sequences of images taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. The satellite was orbiting between the Sun and the Earth,...
In a recent survey, scientists have found out a new map of the Milky Way that shows its stars have migrated far from their birthplace. The map helps astronomers to understand better the process...
The Moon reached its full moon phase on Friday, July 31st. This video shows the rare phenomenon called the blue moon, captured while rising in the night sky above Novi Sad, Serbia.
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...
This time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way, taken by an amateur astrophotographer, the owner of WortSchnipsel.de. All images were captured during his vacation, spending in Mallorca, Spain.
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...
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,...
This video explores how sunlight affects asteroids and comets, thus influencing their paths. By studying asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects data that help scientists understand how the Yarkovsky effect work and influence the...
A strange comet known as Comet 69P/Machholz makes astronomers think that comes from another solar system. According to them, the comet shows unusual characteristics such as the irregular shape of its orbit and strange...
The month begins with Saturn as the evening planet, which can be visible in the southwestern part of the sky. Constellations Lyra and Cygnus will be visible during this summer month. By using a...
Every year, in the last week of July /from 25th to 30th) we experience annual alpha Capricornid meteor shower. This video gives us more details on how and where to look for this beautiful...
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed a haze that occasionally appears on Ceres’ mysterious bright spots. Scientists try out to find an answer for the appearance of the white spots and discovery of the haze...
NASA astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet, Kepler 452-b, in the constellation Cygnus that is 1,400 light-years away from our planet. Kepler 452-b is located in the habitable zone, which means that the temperature...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft continues sending images of Pluto and its surrounding. These images display two moons from Pluto’s family – Nix and Hydra – which we know so far as the two tiny...
This video explores the stars in our Universe. Akila Jeeson-Daniel, an Affiliate Postdoc at the University of Melbourne, explains what kinds of stars exist in our Universe and how their life cycles look like.
This time-lapse video represents a selection of photographs taken on July 10th and 11th, 2015, in the area of northern Texas. An astrophotographer Harley Grady makes this video available in 4K ULTRA HD resolution.
