Flying saucer in orbit around Saturn
It may remind you of a flying saucer, the object you see is actually a moon of Saturn with a…
Astronomy
A Simulation Suggests 68 Percent of the Universe May Not Exist
According to the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (Lambda-CDM) model, which is the current accepted standard for how the universe began…
Earth has an “Evil twin”, and it’s closer than you think…
A new NASA video makes the case that Venus is Earth’s “evil twin.” The nefarious moniker is revealed to be,…
The Flame Nebula region as seen with APEX and VISTA
Do not let the image and the name of the depicted cosmic object fool you! What you see in this…
Astronomers Detected a Radio Signal at a Distance 8.8 Billion Years
Exploration of galaxies at much greater distances from Earth may now be possible. How do stars form in distant galaxies?…
Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter
NASA’s robotic spacecraft Juno is continuing on its highly-elongated orbits around our Solar System’s largest planet. This video is from…
Scientists See Giant Structure “Hidden” Behind Our Galaxy
An uncharted region of space known as the “zone of avoidance” lurks behind the Milky Way’s center – and astronomers…
Black holes are time machines, with a catch
Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to…
Hidden’ supernova remnants in the Milky Way are found
Researchers from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and PEGASUS programs have combined the resources of both initiatives to…
Conjunction of Venus and Saturn
A spectacular conjunction of Venus and Saturn will occur in the evening skies of January 22. The two planets will…