Monthly Archives: June 2016
Amazing Photos of Strawberry Moon Last Night
June 22, 2016 | Editors 2On Monday night, a rare astronomical event happened: the summer solstice coincided with a full moon, this phenomena brought out a rare special sight: the Strawberry Moon. Read More
Why Doesn’t Venus Have Water? Blame Electric Wind
June 21, 2016 | EditorsVenus, our nearest neighbor, is one of the most inhospitable places in the solar system, it’s surface is often said to resemble the classical images of Hell, a really awful place that will kill you in less than 10 seconds. Read More
Light Pollution: What Is Going On With Our Galaxy?
June 19, 2016 | Editors 3If you want to look at those bright stars thingies in the night sky you may not be able to see what your ancestors saw in the past. Read More
2016 HO3: Is A New Earth’ Cosmic Companion
June 17, 2016 | Editors 1NASA’ scientists have detected a tiny asteroid, smaller than the Statue of Liberty, that is constantly encircling the Earth while the two objects orbit the sun together. Read More
Kepler 22b: Meet an Extraordinary Planet
June 11, 2016 | Editors 1In constellation Cygnus the swan, about 600 light years away from us, sits an amazing planet that could have continents, oceans and creatures already living on its surface, a place that is just right in meeting all the requirements for life, Kepler 22b. Read More
Hunting Extraterrestrial Life On Exomoons
June 8, 2016 | EditorsIn the past two decades, astronomers have detected more than 2000 exoplanets, the first of these detections were gas giants as massive as Jupiter that are so close to the host that they are heated to high temperature in order of 2,000°C; but now, for the first time, astronomers are getting down to the regime of potentially habitable Earth-like worlds. Read More
Now We Know What is Beneath Jupiter Clouds
June 5, 2016 | Editors 3People have been captivated by the mighty gas giant Jupiter for centuries, with its powerful swirling clouds and the iconic glowering red eye… really interesting, but we’ve no idea what lies beneath those colorful cloud layers, until now! Read More
T. Boyajian Just Answered Common Questions About KIC 8462852
June 4, 2016 | Editors 2Yesterday, Dr. Tabetha Boyajian and Professor Jason Wright have participated in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) to answer any and all questions regarding the “most controversial star in our Galaxy” KIC 8462852. Read More
Dark Radiation Make Galaxies Accelerating 9% Faster
June 3, 2016 | Editors 2This week, unexpected new results from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows that the galaxies are accelerating 9% faster away from each other than previously anticipated, astronomers are not quite sure why! Read More
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