During the beginning of the following month, we can observe Mars and Venus rising together in the east in the early morning. They will make a conjunction on October 5th and then start to...
The following time-lapse video shows an amazing view of the Milky Way captured from the Right Lane ranch, Spray, Oregon. The video is made by an astrophotographer Vrajesh Patel on August 20 this year.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found that asteroid 288P is the strangest asteroid they have ever seen. Namely, they have confirmed that the object is actually a binary asteroid where two asteroids...
The Autumn Equinox this year will happen on September 22. At the same time, the waxing Moon will make a close conjunction with the biggest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter. We can also...
The following time-lapse video shows an astonishing view of the Aurora Australis from the International Space Station (ISS). The video consists of 919 photos and is created by ESA’s astronaut Paolo Nespoli on August...
Scientists have found titanium-oxide in the layers of atmosphere surrounded a Hot-Jupiter exoplanet in the constellation Vela for the first time. This finding suggests that the exoplanet WASP-19b actually may have stratosphere.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made its 7th flyby of Jupiter and captured these stunning new images. The images reveal full coloring of this beautiful planet and its mysterious clouds.
The following video shows a beautiful view of the Milky Way while rising above Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. The video is created by an astrophotographer Gapper NS on September 11 and 12.
The following time-lapse video contains the images of aurora borealis while dancing in the North Pole, Alaska. The video is made by an astrophotographer James Pat Patrick on August 31.
Scientists have discovered a peculiar white dwarf star LP 40-365 that somehow has survived a supernova. Namely, scientists believe that a rare type of supernova known as ‘lax’ type may leave remnants after their...
The following time-lapse video consists of images captured from Mount Whitney, Sierra Nevada. The video is created by an astrophotographer, Jeremy Evans.
A team of scientists has detected a pulsar PSR J0952-0607 known as millisecond pulsar that rotates at the speed of 707 times per second. The pulsar is located in the Sextans constellations and is...
New results about Jupiter’s auroras that are published in Nature are quite opposite to what scientists have expected. Namely, the results suggest a different mechanism operates beyond Jupiter’s highly energetic auroras than that of...
A team of scientists from Keio University in Yokohama, Japan, have identified a supermassive black hole near the center of our galaxy. The newly found black hole is 100,000 times the size of our...
A new NASA’s radar image has revealed that asteroid Florence has two moons. The asteroid has passed by Earth between August 29 and September 1. It is 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) wide, while the...
The following time-lapse video contains the images of the Milky Way while rising above the Salton Sea, California. The video is created by an astrophotographer slworking2 on August 18 and 19.
The following video reminds us of Cassini’s journey that will end soon. While Cassini spacecraft is nearing its end, there is one more plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere before September 15.
The following video describes the icy world of Pluto located at the edge of our Solar System. Even though it has lost the status of a planet, it continues to fascinate us with its...
