what they found was a complete surprise… No astronomers even had any idea these mysterious formations were there.  They discovered this while using the VISTA telescope.  Apparently what they found was actually not known until recently.  They used some very smart methods to map a lot of different cepheid stars.  A Cepheid is basically a star with…

this is baffling… Apparently astronomers are absolutely perplexed at this finding.  This thing is as big as Neptune and it is made of pure rock.  Almost always when a planet reaches this large of a size, or at least those observed by astronomers it involves some or all parts gas.  Here is a bit more…

deep space just got stranger…. Last year the detection of “Fast Radio Bursts” are thought to have come from one of these in deep space.  However no one knows for sure.  Most astronomers think it was from a neutron star in the Messier galaxy.  So what else can we learn from them? Neutron stars are…

some say no others say yes… Scientists like Stephen Hawking have pondered if and how this could be possible.  We also have entertaining and informative thinkers such as the ever adventurous VSauce.  He curates videos on a lot of scientific topics and poses questions from different perspectives.  In this video he examines how or if…

these are absolutely HUGE and bizarre Some of these are so huge it is difficult to comprehend.  Most astronomers and space fans alike take black holes to be super dense collapsing of matter and light at the center of galaxies.  However, no one knows there they lead to or of the physics change in their…

this “happening” is STILL a mystery To this day no one can say 100% for sure what they detected decades ago.  Many of us are familiar with the S.E.T.I. program and the general search for extraterrestrials.  And the famous signal of 1977 is being examined at a different frequency in this video.  Here is the…

can you get your mind around it? This has been debated since the days of the ancient Greeks.  We may never be able to get our minds around such a concept.  And there is even a video out there floating around of someone proclaiming it is an illusion yet has no logical explanation.  He just…

have you seen THIS? NASA timelapse pics of the sun have been put together in this rarely seen footage.  All of our energy comes from the sun and we often forget that.  Even beyond solar, oil and natural gas are all the result of decomposed organic matter which got energy from the sun.  To quote…

is this TOO out there? This astronomical theory of space will make you scratch your head.  From string theory to the theory that the universe is one big vacuum there are differing ideas about this vast place.  And of course the theory of dark matter is in there too to make sense of what they…

what does this mean? This surprised a lot of astronomers and they are still scratching their heads.  Of course rings are associated with Saturn, Neptune and other planets.  Other planets meaning exoplanets that they have spotted in the last decade.  That is for another post however.  This latest find has absolutey baffled some space experts:…

some astronomers think SO… Apparently there is a theory that we had a large planet in our solar system billions of years ago.  Where did it go and how did they come to this conclusion?  Some astronomers are trying to put together the case in support of this theory.  And if they are right does…

what or who sent this SIGNAL? The internet has been buzzing after the story of a strange space signal went viral.  Commonly known as an FRB or “fast radio burst” their origin is still a mystery and only a few have ever been detected.  The most recent and famous one was found just a few…

what is taking place out there? One after another they keep spotting BIZARRE behavior with these exoplanets.  Form kepler-452-b to others that have binary star systems, there is a whole treasure trove of fascinating planets to explore.  We have only seen exoplanets in the last decade or so and is very early on in our studying…