It has been quite a decade for NASA and astronomy in general. Many of the most exciting finds have been from The Hubble Space Telescope. In these pics they followed something very unusual: Variable star RS Puppis was observed by the Space Telescope over a period of 5 weeks. These types of stars are unstable…
Spacewalk Is Happening Now. Streaming Here Live!
Whoa! This is awesome check out the live stream of a real space walk! Here is a brief background on who and what is involved! NASA astronauts are about to embark on their first ever spacewalk as they venture outside the International Space Station’s (ISS) airlock to perform various station upgrades and maintenance tasks. Commander…
Could This Engine That Runs On Plasma Get Us To Mars?
From a NASA mission this year to the Martian movie, there has been a lot of talk about the red planet. And now, physicists think they have a way to get people there: Physicists in France have figured out how to optimise an advanced type of electric rocket thruster that uses a stream of plasma…
So Now They’re Saying The “Alien Star” Might Not Be From Aliens
The star, called KIC 8462852 which is 1,400 light years away has had scientists and the internet going nuts with rumors of an alien structure around it: Astronomers have noticed strange blobs around the star blocking out some of its light. The blobs don’t seem to be planets because they follow a random pattern rather…
Fascinating Look At Quasars And Pulsars
Here is a fascinating look at pulsars and quasars. Pulsars are very different than the typical stars we think of, and recently there have been some especially interesting ones: A pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star) is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. This radiation can only be observed…
NASA Takes Pics Of Kerberos Pluto’s Smallest Moon
NASA has done it again and new pics of Pluto’s smallest moon Kerberos have been sent back: Images of Pluto’s tiny moon Kerberos taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft –and just sent back to Earth this week – complete the family portrait of Pluto’s moons. Kerberos appears to be smaller than scientists expected and has…
Are There Rivers Of Energy Inside The Sun?
Whoa! This is an awesome computer simulation of how the sun may look inside. What do you think? Dive into the Sun to find out what causes it to erupt in fury! This video features a ground-breaking supercomputer simulation of the flow of hot plasma deep inside the Sun. As this flow reaches the Sun’s…
NASA Tests Microwave Propulsion And It Looks Awesome
Whoa! It has been quite a year for astronomy. The discussion of interstellar travel is often discussed from science fans to astronomers. NASA has been testing different propulsion methods and may have actually discovered something very interesting: NASA is confirming an engine that theoretically should not work, in fact, does. Researchers are not sure…
They Just Released The Biggest Picture Of Space Ever
Sweet! This has been quite a year for astronomy. And now astronomers in the Chilean desert have released a pic like never before: The largest astronomical image ever made is so big we can’t even show it here. To see this brilliant masterpiece in all its beauty, you’ll have to use this online tool,…
They Found A Mysterious Asteroid With Rings
The rings around Saturn are indeed one of the most known and discussed space phenomena. Astronomers have also found rings around an interesting asteroid: From ESO, observations made at telescopes in South America have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. This is the smallest…
Telescopes Of The Future Will Be Gigantic
Wow.. The telescopes of the last 50 years are light years (no pun intended) ahead of the previous millenia of instruments. Now they explore the future of telescopes and it is amazing. Here is some perspective: When the European Southern Observatory came into being, fifty years ago, it was the largest telescope in the world.…
You Know That Mysterious “Alien Like” Star…They Started Searching For Aliens There Now
That was fast.. The internet was going crazy over that mysterious star that may have had a dyson sphere surrounding it. So, now astronomers are getting right to searching for aliens there: The search for signs of life in a mysterious star system hypothesized to potentially harbor an “alien megastructure” is now underway. Astronomers…
Is This What The Solar System Looked Like In It’s Beginning?
For many decades, and more so recently, we have been studying other star systems to get insight into the beginnings of our own solar system. This video examines the latest updates: Where do you look to glimpse the birth of a solar system like ours? Our sun is thought to have formed along with a…
They Found An Exoplanet Extremely Similar To Jupiter
What does this mean? Often times we can learn about our solar system by viewing other solar systems and related formations in other galaxies. One interesting area of focus are exoplanets, and they just found one similar to Jupiter: The newly discovered exoplanet 51 Eridani b, located about 100 light years from our planet in the…
New Amazing Pic Of The Messier 94 Galaxy
Is this awesome or what! The Hubble space telescope has just taken an incredible new pic of this unique galaxy: Messier 94 (M94), also known as NGC 4736, Cat’s Eye Galaxy or Croc’s Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs), some 15 million light-years away from us. Astronomers…
They Just Found A New Solar Phenomenon Called “Blast Waves”
What’s that? Apparently astronomers have seen a rare occurance in a new way: Researchers have recorded a never-before-seen phenomenon bursting from the surface of the Sun: large-scale blast waves paired with particle emissions that are rich in helium-3. Extending over more than 500,000 kilometres (300,000 miles) and travelling at speeds of around 300 km (190…
What Will The Atmosphere Of Mars Look Like In The Future?
Many astronomers think Mars once had a major atmosphere. The question is what ever happened to it? To find out, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is flying high above the Red Planet with a battery of sensors. While previous Mars orbiters have peered down at the planet’s surface, MAVEN is spending part of its time gazing at…
NASA Has A Nifty Plan To Send People To Mars
In NASA’s ambitious plan to send people to the moon, there is a 3 phase plan. How much of this is science fiction and how much of this is science reality? It is fascinating and 2015 has already been quite the year for new pics of Mars. And here is phase number one: Phase one…
They Discovered A Very Active Solar System Early In It’s Formation
What does this tell us?? Apparently astronomers have spotted some unusual activity in this particular solar system: From Hubblecast. Using images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered unique and totally unexpected structures within the dusty disc around the star AU Microscopii. These fast-moving wave-like features are unlike…
This Is A Somewhat Unlikely Treasure Trove Of Planets
Although unexpected, some astronomers have found planets orbiting stars in the Messier 67 cluster. This was considered an unlikely discovery: Although more than one thousand planets outside the Solar System are now confirmed, only a handful have been found in star clusters. Remarkably one of these new exoplanets is orbiting a star that is a…
