5 Weirdest Planets Discovered So Far
There are many strange things we don’t understand about our universe, with black holes, dark matter and a whole bunch of weird sights and sounds out there that we just…
Cosmology
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Dark Energy Might Influence the Arrow of Time
For the past 20 years, physicists have known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating as if some bizarre dark energy is blowing up space like a balloon. In…
Cassini Just Sent Back Images From Its First-Ever Dive Through Saturn’s Rings
Cassini’s final chapter of its journey – the grand finale enters in the first phase. The spacecraft just sent back stunning photos from its first-ever dive through Saturn’s rings. Nasa’s Deep Space Network…
Goodbye, Cassini! Saturn’s Spacecraft Enters the Final Chapter of Its 20-Year Journey
It is almost a time to say goodbye to the most known Saturn’s spacecraft! Cassini launched on its epic journey to Saturn in 1997. Since then it has worked hard…
It Seems Like Trappist-1 Isn’t Habitable After All
Our excitement and happiness for finding 39 light years distant Trappist-1 system may melt down after being conducted several studies. Although NASA has high hopes for 7 Earth-sized planets, even…
Detected Giant Magnetic Field Between Galaxies
In our vast universe, there are unimaginably big things. The biggest gravitationally bound structures in observable Universe are galaxy clusters, with a typical extent of about 10 million light years…
Where Are The Nearest Black Holes To Earth?
Black holes are objects which we would never want in our neighborhoods. Deadly for the much larger objects than our tiny planet, black holes are true monsters of the Universe.…
Trappist: Funny name suggestions for exoplanets
Two weeks ago NASA excitingly announced the major discovery of nearby solar system named Trappist which consists of seven planets. Three of them are probably habitable and future observations will…
Scientists Consider Artificial Magnetic Field To Terraform Mars
Mars is already in the focus of scientific explorations with serious plans to sending astronauts there. But before any human leg steps on the surface of Red Planet, scientists have…
New Definition of Planets Could Back Pluto in Team
Alan Stern, leading investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto, along with five colleagues, has written a manifesto where they proposed a new definition of planets. The key change…