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...
The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is adding efforts to improve the military’s ability to understand and react to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. In a press briefing on Saturday, Tim Phillips, the acting head of AARO, introduced the Gremlin System, an advanced surveillance capability designed...
Dead galaxy! Do big things end up the same way? – Yes, they do! Astronomers have recently discovered the earliest ‘dead’ galaxy. This early galaxy, identified when the universe was just 700 million years old, ceased star formation about over 13 billion years ago, challenging prevailing cosmic evolution models. Astronomers...
The results of the study provide revolutionary insights into the factors that support the formation of planets and the variety of planetary systems taking shape. According to the researchers, certain disks show spiral patterns caused by planets orbiting within them, whereas others exhibit rings and empty spaces created as planets develop.
Once this universe was a dark space, simple and void. Over time, it developed with telescopic technology into the complex network of galaxies and stars. Now, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is reshaping our understanding of the universe by expanding our knowledge and uncovering the secrets hidden within the...
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, is drawing near for astronomy enthusiasts across the Americas. This Sun-Moon-Earth event, with the moon aligning perfectly to block the sun’s disk, creating a breathtaking moment known as totality, will indeed be spectacular. “The sky will darken as if it were dawn...
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured another captivating image of Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy undergoing a monstrous merger. This cosmic collision involves two galaxies – NGC 6040, a tilted, warped spiral, and LEDA 59642, a round, face-on spiral, at a distance of approximately 570 million light-years from Earth. Galactic...