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First Ever Interstellar Asteroid Confirmed

Scientists Confirm First Ever Interstellar Asteroid

Last month, Hawaiian based astronomers using the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS 1 telescope discovered the first confirmed asteroid in our solar system originating from another star. While the reddish, cigar-shape object has been given the …

Cache of Colliding Supermassive Black Hole Discovered

Cache of Colliding Supermassive Black Holes Discovered

James Miller

Stellar black holes formed after a massive star gravitational collapses have masses ranging from between 5 and 100 times that of the Sun. Supermassive black holes (SMBH) that lurk at the centre of galaxies, on …

What are the Official Protocols Concerning an Alien Civilization Discovery?

James Miller

Are there specific procedures set up in case a discovery is made proving beyond doubt the existence of an advanced alien civilization? The question is one of the most intriguing and exciting in the whole …

Comparison of the sizes of a red dwarf, the Sun, a B-type main sequence star, and R136a1

Smallest Star Ever Discovered Has Just 8% Sun’s Mass

James Miller

Astronomers searching for new exoplanets have instead accidental discovered a star so diminutive that if it were any smaller it would have had insufficient mass to fuse hydrogen into helium at its core, and transformed …

Great American Eclipse to Sweep Country on August 21st

James Miller

On August 21st, North Americans will have the opportunity to experience a rare total solar eclipse in which its nationwide band of totality will stretch all the way from Oregon located on the west coast …

Exploring the Possibility of Living on Mars

James Miller

The Red Planet has garnered a lot of attention in recent times, as scientists obsess about the possibility of discovering evidence of life on Mars. Added to this, NASA and SpaceX plan to make humans …

Making the Most of Jupiter’s Perfect Position

James Miller

The naked-eye planets enter those zodiac constellations located along the ecliptic for various amounts of time throughout the year, depending upon their position in the solar system. For instance, those closest to the Sun like …

Event Horizon Telescope to Glimpse Milky Way’s Black Hole

James Miller

Astronomers have now brought the Event Horizon Telescope online, and turned it towards the supermassive black hole situated at the center of our Milky Way called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The 10-day project will run …

World Gears Up For Spring Equinox Festivities

James Miller

The March equinox is celebrated by people all over the world, and around this time of year there are the major spring festivals of Passover and Easter, with the latter occurring on the first Sunday …

METI to Send Signal to Proxima b

James Miller

By now you’ve probably heard of SETI, or the ‘Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence’, which is a research organization that tunes and monitors receivers to look for any alien radio signals or transmissions. Instead of waiting …