Asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within 19,000 miles of the Earth’s surface on April 13, 2029, which is closer than some satellites currently orbiting our planet. Furthermore, the huge 1,500 feet long and 550 feet …
This week, the world of astronomy has been abuzz with news of the very first supermassive black hole image. The supermassive black hole is located 55 million light-years away at the center of M87, a …
For the first time in history an exoplanet has been observed using optical interferometry. The process involved combining the light from multiple individual telescopes to reveal a single target in greater detail than any single …
Around 66 million years ago, a huge 10-15 kilometers wide asteroid abruptly ended the 180 million year reign of the dinosaurs. The devastation which has left a 150 kilometers in diameter crater, the second-largest crater …
One just has to watch television shows such as The History Channel and the Sci-Fi Channel to see so-called experts like Giorgio A. Tsoukalos promoting belief in UFOs and ancient alien astronauts. It comes as …
The image above shows the culmination of the Chinese space agency’s Chang’e 4 mission to the dark side of the Moon. In the photo, the mission’s Jade Rabbit 2 lunar rover can be seen rolling …
The artist’s impression above shows the approximate current positions of both Voyager spacecraft relative to the Sun and other surviving spacecraft. Note that while Voyager 1 left the solar system in 2012 above the orbital …
The image above shows an artists’ impression of what the surface of the super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star might look like. However, given that the planet receives only about 2% of the light Earth receives from …
The image above shows a focused laser beam shooing into space from Earth, which some researchers hope might attract the attention of alien astronomers. According to a new study by James Clark and Kerri Cahoy, …
The image above shows an oblique view of the Norgay and Hillary mountain ranges, and an extensive ice field on Pluto, as photographed by the New Horizons mission. To many people, it would seem that …
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