Till the date, time travel is nothing more than just a hypothetical concept. According to Albert Einstein, time may be the fourth dimension. However, the problem with it is that one can not go backward in time like in the other the remaining three dimensions. Although the logic behind the...
Researchers have claimed that they have found the second candidate of exomoon, which orbits a planet circling a sun-like star about 5.7k light-years from the earth. In Nature Astronomy on 13 January, they have reported about the finding of the exomoon. The team of astronomers has said that the satellite...
Yes, Asteroid impact is a real threat. Not tested to date whether an asteroid can be destroyed using powerful missiles or not, however, there are luckily several methods available to protect Earth from a possible asteroid collision. Asteroids are mainly made of rock. The rock has a much higher resistance...
Researchers are busy in exploring about the dark matter and the dark energy. In such astronomers have recently reached one step closer to revealing the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy. They have viewed a new map of twelve streams of stars orbiting within our galactic halo....
We all live on the earth. Whenever we think about staying in the air, hot air balloons and airplanes are the first things to consider. But, actually, there are other ways to stay in air. Yes, we mean staying still. If you hold your breath and jump into water, you...
As one of the most awaited events, the team of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror and successfully completed the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations. As reported by NASA, the Webb mission will explore every phase of...
Ever since the invention of mirrors, people have been fascinated by their own reflections. We know that as fun as it seems, looking at our reflection is not pleasing to the eye but we still do it anyway. So what about people who can’t see themselves in a mirror? One...
Flying cars. The goal as an idea has been around for decades, yet the concept is not quite there yet. Will it ever be? Rich industrialists have claimed that the concept of flying cars to be a completely useless idea. But, is it really? In fact, flying car is the...
It is widely debated whether a blackhole can make our planet its prey by engulfing it abruptly in the future or not. However, scientists suggest there are two possibilities to this question. The first answer says that no such event has ever happened before and there is no such threat...
The astronomical telescope is an indispensable tool in any astronomer’s arsenal. If you are seriously thinking of purchasing one, there are other factors to be considered before your purchase. One of several things to consider before buying an astronomical telescope is its type. It is because telescopes come with different...
As of scientist’s measurement, the sun is approximately 149 million km far from the earth. When talking about things in space, 149 million km is really not that big of a number. Earth is in a closer proximity to the sun than most of other planets in the solar system....
Researchers have said that an asteroid named Bennu, which is as large as the Empire State Building in New York, is likely to hit the Earth in 2100s. But agencies have reported that the probability of the asteroid hitting earth between now and 2300 is one in 1,750. Quoting to...
Scientists are eager to trace an evidence of life in a world other than the Earth. After a close observation of the Moon, it has almost become clear that the earth’s natural satellite doesn’t contain life in any form. But there was some hope of existing life in some form...
A quake detector has detected Marsquakes and started to provide a first detailed insight at the Mars’ interior and has revealed that the planet has a thin crust and a hot molten core beneath the frigid surface. For measuring Marsquakes, a French seismometer on NASA’s InSight stationary lander was sent...
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday published updated guidelines, eligibility, and criteria for the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings program, tightening its definition of the word ‘astronaut’. The changes have made it harder for people like Bezos and Branson to be called commercial astronauts. Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard...