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Astronomers Confirming Likely Spotting Of “Planet” X – Update Simulation

Astronomers Confirming Likely Spotting Of “Planet” X – Update Simulation

there have been rumors for centuries…and they MAY have found it At Caltech two scientists noticed an aberration in the Kuiper Belt and the web is buzzing.  They are just about certain they located another Neptune sized planet past Pluto at the edge of the solar system.  They haven’t seen it with a telescope yet

Did You Know The Milky Way Galaxy Has THIS Hidden Feature?

Can you guess what they found? Astronomers using the VISTA telescope made the discovery.  Somewhat surprisingly, this was unknown until very recently.  They used some extremely advanced techniques to map many cepheid stars in their recent find.  A cepheid is described as a star with variable brightness to an extent they are used to measure distances

The Kepler Space Telescope Found 100 New Exoplanets

Will we find extraterrestrials on one of these? Kepler 452-b is the most famous exoplanet and it has been announced that they have found more of them.  There has been somewhat of a debate amongst astronomers and space fans alike.  Some say that exoplanets offer the greatest chance for finding extraterrestrials.  Others think the recent

Take A Journey To The Largest Galaxy In The Universe

this is MIND BOGGLING.. It is about 1 billion light years away and enormous.  When astronomers say the largest they are referring to the visible universe that we can see and decades of telescope searching.  Out of all that time and effort IC 1101 is the biggest they have found.  Just the Milky Way alone has

Latest Update On The Mysterious “Ceres Spots”

They think they solved it.. What do you think are they right?  The unusual “dwarf planet” Ceres has been the topic of a lot of speculation in 2015.  There were some very bizarre bright spots that were spotted by Dawn this year.  The internet has been buzzin’ with notions of bioluminescent organisms to other theories

Space Travel Propulsion Systems Of The Future

Could one of these ideas actually work? Take a journey through space and see where we’ve been and could be going.  There has been a lot of talk lately about how we might actually send astronauts to Mars and past our solar system.  One of the techniques would involve a microwave propulsion system and no we’re

25 Mysteries Of Outer Space That Will Leave You Puzzled

can you get your mind around these? This video walks us through some baffling facts about our universe.  A lot of people including myself have not even thought about all the ones on this list.  For example have you ever examined the mystery of Gamma ray bursts?  Well, they are not fully explained like the

Plasma Tubes Above The Earth Have Been Discovered

This surprised a lot of people.. An Australian student has discovered and confirmed giant plasma tubes above Earth?!  Ok now what does that mean exactly aside from sounding awesome?  Here is a bit more on the discovery: She managed to do something no other astronomer had before – find evidence for the hypothesised plasma tubes

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