The moon Enceladus has been considered extremely unusual for a long time with some of the prior pics coming from 2004. Now, things have gotten even stranger: If you thought Saturn’s moon Enceladus couldn’t get any more bizzare — with its magnificent plumes, crazy tiger-stripe-like fissures and global subsurface salty ocean — think again. New…
New Pics Of Jupiter Never Seen Before
Spacerip does it again with another awesome and informative video! The gas giant Jupiter is seen with the latest pics and it is starting to look a bit different: Scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced new maps of Jupiter that show the continuing changes in its famous Great Red Spot. The images…
Enormous Object Blocking An Unusual Star – Update
There was a buzz yesterday on the internet about a certain star that is like nothing anyone has seen..It is KIC 8462852 and there are objects or a sphere like formation blocking light like we have never seen: And these dimming effects are significant. Scientists are reporting that at one point, the amount of starlight dropped…
Apparently China Has Had A Telescope On The Moon (Two Years Now)
Wait…what? Why was there not more news about this? Apparently China has a telescope on the moon: Chinese researchers have reported that a small, robotic telescope they landed on the Moon back in 2013 has been working flawlessly this whole time. And although this is the first many of us are hearing about the device,…
Black Hole Galaxy Messier 106 Has Some Secrets
A lot of the pics of this galaxy were from The Hubble, and surprisingly they got some help from an amateur astronomer. Messier 106 is particularly mysterious for a number of reasons: Located a little over 20 million light-years away, practically a neighbor by galactic standards, Messier 106 is one of the brightest and nearest…
It’s A Great Time To Be Able To See Mercury
Home astronomers and science fans rejoice as it is a great time to see Mercury. Here is the scoop on when and how for this month: The month of October is going to be particularly kind to astronomy enthusiasts this year, with Jupiter, Mars, and Venus set to draw unusually close to each other in…
What Did They Discover On Vesta and Ceres?
Although 2015 has been quite a year for new space pics from NASA in our own solar system, there was a lot of cool pics and new info that came in over the last ten years. One fascinating bit of info is regarding Vesta and Ceres: Dawn, the speedy ion-drive spacecraft, left Earth in 2007 bound…
How Big Is The Universe…Is It Infinite?
Many of us science fans have pondered the question of just how big is the universe. This video examines these questions: Does the universe go on forever? Where do we fit within it? And how would the great thinkers have wrapped their brains around the far-out ideas on today’s cutting edge? For those who find…
Did You Know Pluto Has A Moon Named “Styx”?
In 2015, and most recently in the last month, never before seen pics of Pluto have been seen and shared by NASA. Noe, they have new pics of its moon: Last week we learned that Pluto has blue sunrises and sunsets, much like the one Curiosity captured on Mars. In the latest round of images…
Did They Really Just Find Red Ice On Pluto?
Not only did they find ice on Pluto, but in some places it actually appears red? Here is what astronomers had to say about this unusual phenomenon: A curious aspect of the discovery is that the regions showing strong water ice spectral signatures correspond to regions that are bright red in the enhanced-color images of…
10 Ways That Interstellar Space Travel Could Be Achieved
This video examines 10 possible ways that future space travel missions could reach other stars. The closest known star to our solar system is Alpha Centauri at just over 4 light years away. By galactic standards that is super close, but still a super far distance by our known travel techniques. Could some sort of…
The Search For Extraterrestrial Civilizations Are Examined
In this very interesting discussion about the search for aliens, they describe some parameters and assumptions in terms of their potential use of energy: If alien civilizations exist throughout the universe, many have had billions of years to develop technology, expand their population and energy supplies, and travel across their galaxies. Kardashev classified hypothetical advanced…
They Went Deeper In Space Than The Hubble
Wow…In this particular region of space the telescope at ESO has actually gone deeper than the Hubble: The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has given astronomers the best ever three-dimensional view of the deep Universe. After staring at the Hubble Deep Field South region for a total of 27 hours the…
Mars Was Likely A Very Blue Planet In The Past
There has been an incredible amount of discussion about this cool planet in 2015. From ancient lakes to unusual surface formations seen for the first time, it has been quite a year. Now they think it may have been covered with even more water than previously thought: For decades, planetary scientists have suspected that ancient…
This Bipolar Nebula Is Absolutely Awesome
The Hubble Space Telescope shows off some amazing footage. And these jets of gas coming from it are traveling at extremely fast speeds! The glowing and expanding shells of gas clearly visible in this image represent the final stages of life for an old star of low to intermediate mass. The star has not only…
NASA Will Soon Be Announcing An Awesome New Discovery On Pluto
What could it be? This has been quite a year for NASA with some awesome pics of Pluto that have never been seen before and apparently there’s more: Whilst speaking about the latest images of Pluto captured by the New Horizons probe, Stern said: “Nasa won’t let me tell you what we’re going to tell…
Could A Voyage To Alpha Centauri Be Our First Interstellar Flight?
Interstellar travel is one of the most debated and exciting topics in science. Could the closest star to us actually be the first star we ever visit? (or planet near it actually) At 4.37 light years away, it’s part of the closest star system to our sun. Alpha Centauri is actually two stars, A and…
Can This Model Accurately Measure The Mass Of Lonesome Pulsars?
Pulsars are an interesting space phenomenon. And now scientists have uncovered a way to measure their mass, but without the presence of other objects as such: Measuring the mass of stars, planets and moons in the universe usually relies on studying how their motion relates to other bodies nearby. For some objects that are on their…
Mysterious Ancient City Of Timbuktu [Video]
Do you know about it? Perhaps you may have heard the name of the city in conversation but not learned of its origins: Few names conjure as much mystery as that of Timbuktu. For centuries, Europeans heard legends of a mythical city in the heart of the Sahara, the source of endless caravans of gold.…
NASA Says It’s Very Lilely Those Unusual Ceres Spots Are Just Salt
They didn’t say 100% though.. There may be no bigger story in space “or at least one that generated more chatter” than the Ceres mystery spots. Initially here is what NASA thought they were: Ice was the most obvious guess for the highly reflective patches, because Ceres is believed to harbour a huge ocean beneath…
