Category Space and Ufo

A new study has carefully analyzed Uranus’s four largest moons to find out which side of these moons is brighter. (Image credit: Science: NASA, ESA, STScI, Christian Soto (STScI); Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)) Astronomers have discovered that the “dark…

Experts say the auroras could be visible as far south as New York this weekend. (Photo: Brandon Rosenblum via Getty Images) Skywatchers in 18 US states could see auroras in the coming days as a “moderate” geomagnetic storm affects the…

(Image credit: NSF/NSO/AURA) The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located atop Haleakala on the island of Maui, Hawaii, has produced the sharpest images ever of the solar surface. According to the National Solar Observatory (NSO), which…

An artist’s impression of a super-Earth exoplanet. (Photo credit: ESO Kornmesser) A giant “super-Earth” has been discovered with extreme climate conditions that make it habitable only in a certain part of its orbit, which circles a star 2,472 light years…

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has captured the first ever image of the Sun’s south pole. (Photo credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB)) This time, you can safely take a look at the sun – provided…

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Astronomers have identified a stunning new phenomenon in the catalog of extreme events in the Universe – a class of cosmic explosions so powerful that they rank among the most energetic events since the Big Bang. These…

The full “strawberry moon” rose over several famous landmarks, including the Empire State Building in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Contributor via Getty Images) The “Strawberry Moon” appeared over Earth last night as an event known as a “major…

An artist’s impression of a cracked neutron star orbiting a black hole. (Image credit: Caltech Hurt (IPAC)) The universe is full of spectacular and violent events, but it’s unlikely that anything could be more dramatic than a black hole tearing…

An artistic illustration of the early universe. (Image credit: Shutterstock) For the first time, scientists have used ground-based telescopes to peer into the cosmic morning – the period more than 13 billion years ago when the light of the first…

A solar flare erupting from the Sun, captured in ultraviolet light by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on February 9, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) While making a perilous plunge into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has directly captured a…