What do you think? There are strong opinions from both camps. Just a few days ago the internet was buzzing (and still is) with stories of a super-earth like formation potentially at the edge of our solar system. This story was cited in forbes.com and other major publications. Originally astronomers thought that whatever they detected…
They Found A Potential “Super-Earth” At The Edge of The Solar System
this is BIG news.. Could you imagine the implications? There have been some incredible pictures of Pluto this year with unprecedented clarity. And now, astronomers think they may have detected a new large planet like formation past Pluto, at the very edge of our solar system. Here is a bit more information on the developments:…
Closest Exoplanet At 4.37 Light Years Away Has Been Discovered
Exoplanets have big implications.. Alpha Centauri is the closest star to ours and they found an exoplanet in this unusual solar system. It is actually a triple star system which you might not know about. The exoplanet is appropriately named Alpha Centauri Bb. It also has an extremely low solar mass and astronomers are studying…
Mysterious “Ceres Spots” Update Part 5
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…
One of The Faintest and Earliest Galaxies Ever Has Been Detected
It dates 13.8 billion years… It is just about the oldest galaxy ever seen. Many talk about the big bang and of course the inevitable question comes up, if that theory is true, what created the big bang? If nothing else, the visible universe that we can see using red shift models maxes out at…
New Info On How Black Holes Grow
What did they discover? Enormous telescopes have made this type of study possible. What was once theory has now been proven. Black holes are obviously not completely understood but there have been theories that magnetic fields may play a part in their formation and appetite! For the first time, astronomers have detected evidence of magnetic…
It’s Called “The Atoms For Peace” Galaxy…Seriously
New pics have been taken (212 million light years away) Can you guess why it is named that? If you are a serious history buff it was somewhat ironically given that name in the 1950s. Eisenhower at the time was discussing nuclear physics and news about the galaxy was making headlines at the same time:…
Surface Of Pluto Up Close…Like The Closest EVER On Video
Who thought this would be possible? It’s 2015 and the future is here. We now have up close pics of the surface of the most distant planet in our solar system. It is remarkable we have gotten this far with the New Horizon’s mission, something we may have thought impossible in the 70s or 80s.…
Closest Pic Ever Taken of Anything in the Kuiper Belt
This is past Pluto.. It is a region at the outer edge of our solar system. Mostly it is made up of icy bits and The New Horizons spacecraft has just taken a pic in the closest range ever of a belt object. Here is a quick briefing on this mysterious region and the latest…
They Spotted An Unusual Pulsating Star In This Nebula
You might not believe how bright this thing is.. This particular star was spotted in our own Milky Way. Even though it is about 6,500 light years from earth that is relatively close in cosmic terms. It is an unusual class of star called a Cepheid variable. They are so bright that stars like this…
New Plasma Engine Could Potentially Travel to Mars in 39 Days
They are SERIOUSLY discussing this.. In 39 days this type of engine could get us to Mars. That sounds pretty cool and expensive but some think it is definitely worth it besides satisfying intellectual curiosity. But of course the first challenge is thrust. Current rocket engines that burn solid fuels are super powerful but likely…
“Super Jupiter” May Have Been Ejected From Its Solar System
What is that? We often assume that the number of planets revolving around stars have always been the same. Meaning, do we ever think about if one was ejected or one was added or formed later on? There has been a lot of talk about exoplanets lately and this one in particular has made a…
New “Exoplanet Finder” Goes Live Next Year
This could be a game changer.. The exoplanet kepler 452-b made headlines as an earth-like planet. Now, astronomers are searching for more of these exoplanets in hopes of finding an alien civilization. To this point it has been mostly limited to using super telescopes such as the one at ESO or The Hubble and deploying…
The SETI Program Will Be Searching For Aliens…Again
They say never quit 😉 Apparently a Russian billionaire is pouring a lot of money into the search for extraterrestrials. Yuri Milner is going to put up $100 million dollars over the course of 10 years to give S.E.T.I. it’s biggest boost in decades. Carl Sagan and S.E.T.I. made history in the 1970s in their…
Huge Supernova Spotted In The Cigar Galaxy M82
Did you know about both of these things? They also noticed something else coming from this galaxy that remains a mystery. First off, there is a really huge and cool supernova that is viewable in this galaxy which is 12 million light years away. It is considered a starburst galaxy. However, there is also something…
The Things That COULD Have Lived On Mars
Science fictionish in theory but interesting…is he right? This 19th century astronomer theorized that some of the red planet markings were from civilizations of the past. Although that is not completely unique in theory, the vast explanation of how these “markings” were made and why is what is particularly fascinating. He, as well as famous…
List Of 10 Stars In Space That Are Absolutely Bizarre
Do you know about these? Some stars are very similar to our sun and others exhibit properties that may surprise you. This list examines 10 of the most unusual stars that astronomers have observed in space. There is even one star on here that is estimated to be 14.4 billion years old. Given an uncertainty…
NASA Releases New Pic Of Unusual Galaxy NGC 2768
Did you know they could be this shape? There is a particular name for the kind of galaxy we’re talking about. It is an elliptical galaxy with a certain name. The name is actually after a famous astronomer. He actually discovered this galactic anomaly over half a century ago: NGC 2768 is also an example…
Did You Know X-Ray Wind Can Effect A Galaxy?
Who knew? 2015 has been quite a year from astronomy and what they show in this video may surprise you. Did you know about these hot x-ray winds? Apparently, gravity and “dark matter” are not the only things effecting a galaxy: Striking new observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy moving…
This Enormous Black Hole Changes How We Thought Galaxies Formed
This was unexpected.. Apparently this black hole is so huge compared to where it resides, they are changing their astronomical models. It actually outgrew the host galaxy at a rapid pace which has astronomers scratching their heads. Usually the number of stars is positively correlated with the size of the black hole. Let’s find out more…
