Strange events are taking place at a deep ocean depth. Near Norway’s Bear Island, or Bjørnøya, in the Barents Sea, researchers have found a submerged volcano that continuously erupts dirt and methane. The researchers also discovered that the volcano was situated inside a massive crater that was most likely created by an enormous explosion at…
The Hubble Telescope of NASA is once again displaying its abilities and revealing the mysteries of the cosmos in a spectacular way. The spiral galaxy NGC 298 sparkles brilliantly in this most recent breathtaking photograph from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy, which is roughly 89 million light-years distant in the constellation Cetus, looks…
Pluto was kicked out of the ‘planet family,’ yet it lives on in our hearts. On May 28, 2023 NASA posted a beautiful image acquired by its New Horizons spacecraft depicting a heart-shaped glacier on Pluto’s surface. The heart-shaped region, which is composed of nitrogen and methane, is unofficially referred to as the Tombaugh Region….
The way things are going, stargazing could not be a thing in the future. Scientists have expressed concern that light pollution might completely eliminate our ability to view stars in the night sky in just 20 years. British astronomer Martin Rees stated in an interview with The Guardian that “Light pollution conditions have steadily gotten…
Scientists are astounded by a ‘spray war’ unfolding close to Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The most powerful space telescope in use has once again captured the attention of millions with a ground-breaking discovery. Enceladus, Saturn’s ice moon, has been seen shooting a “huge plume” of water vapour into space; this plume contains many elements necessary…
Invisible to the eye lies a powerful force at the center of a star metropolis.The brilliant star cluster Messier 4, the closest such cluster to Earth at some 6,000 light-years away, contains hundreds of thousands of stars. It’s a sight to see. Now, NASA has employed its legendary Hubble Space Telescope to reveal what is…
Boom.In the colossal Pinwheel galaxy, 25 million light-years away, a star has just exploded and is even visible through small telescopes. The supernova-hunting astronomer Koichi Itagaki discovered the radiant anomaly in the sky on May 19, enticing other scientists to train telescopes on the object. Not all stars explode fantastically, in dramatic events called supernovae,…
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