Tens of millions of residents in North America enjoyed a unique total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, as the moon cast its shadow over the daytime sky, transforming midday into midnight. While North and Central America experienced a partial eclipse, only those situated within the path of totality, spanning...
April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse, is just hours away, and we will be there to witness the historic astronomical event of daylight turning into darkness in the sky. This solar eclipse is to become significant, as it will provide both experienced astronomers and amateur stargazers with...
It’s a matter of star birth. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a birthing star, sending out violent jets of energy against the backdrop of a glowing nebula. This star, named FS Tau, is part of a larger system with two main stars, FS Tau A and...
One of the most powerful solar storms in known history hit the Earth on Sunday. The sun erupted with a powerful X-class solar flare, sending a surge of super-heated plasma towards our planet in what scientists call a coronal mass ejection. This burst reached Earth at 10:37 a.m. EDT (1437...
Tonight, get ready for a great lunar eclipse show as the Earth, Moon, and Sun line up just right. It’s like a teaser before the big event on April 8! This time, the March Worm Moon will gracefully slide into the Earth’s shadow, but not all the way into the...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a Spider Galaxy, known as UGC 5829, located approximately 30 million light-years away from us. This irregular galaxy is named the ‘Spider Galaxy’ for its close resemblance to the limbs of a spider. The stunning view of the Spider Galaxy has depicted the grandeur...
Black holes are too mysterious entities lurking in the depths of space. Many of us cannot even imagine their size, mass and density. The first black hole known was Cygnus X-1, identified by several researchers independently in 1971. Since then, black holes have been fascinating astronomers and scientists with their...
Can you imagine the numbers in a quadrillion? It’s a mind-boggling figure 1 with 15 zeros after it, one that stretches our comprehension beyond the limits of everyday understanding. Now, imagine a structure in the cosmos with a mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion suns. It sounds like a creation of...
Asteroids are big trouble for our planet’s safety. Remember the Chicxulub impactor catastrophe? That was caused by an asteroid impact with the force of 100 million megatons, which devastated the Gulf of Mexico region. Taking into account the massive loss experienced around 66 million years ago, NASA conducted a test...
Universe expansion mystery has taken a new turn with a recent theoretical paper that proposes that the ever-accelerating expansion of the universe might be powered by a mysterious form of matter known as ‘unparticles’. This proposition challenges the prevailing understanding of dark energy and its role in overall cosmology. While...
Excitement is building as we approach the one-time-in-history total solar eclipse on April 8. People across North America are eagerly waiting for the rare chance to witness this extraordinary event. NASA has taken advantage of this excitement by releasing a new computer game called “Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure.”...
Dark matter is a bit of an enigma for scientists. It’s this concept that’s been around for ages, but nobody’s been able to pin down exactly what it is. It’s like a big mystery that’s been boggling minds in the scientific community for decades. The collision of two neutron stars,...
Is there actually another world out there somewhere? NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has just made a groundbreaking discovery, as astronomers have detected Ethanol and other icy ingredients in potentially habitable worlds near two young protostars, IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385. Using Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), an international team of...
The universe has presented a puzzling challenge known as the ‘Hubble Tension’ as scientists strive to unravel its mysteries. This challenge has arisen from the gap between the observed rate of the universe’s expansion and what we expect based on our current understanding. Despite meticulous observations and analyses by scientists...
It’s still a mystery how animals behave during a total solar eclipse. With the next event set for April 8th, scientists are preparing to observe and study it in an attempt to demystify. In a recent study led by Adam Hartstone-Rose from North Carolina State University, researchers observed interesting behaviors...