Using cameras set to monitor the moon, Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum, recorded an event that occurred on February 23 at 20:14:30.8 Japan Standard Time (7:14 a.m. EST, or 1114 GMT). The event appears to be a … Read More
The concept of gravity has fascinated humans for centuries. We all know that the Earth has gravity, which keeps us grounded and prevents us from floating away. But what about space? Is there gravity in space? The answer to this … Read More
Saturn’s largest moon Titan is an intriguing world that looks a bit like Earth but not quite so. The moon Titan, which orbits Saturn, is a peculiar world with a complex geology and a unique atmosphere. It is characterized by … Read More
Nicolaus Copernicus, the father of modern astronomy, was a Polish astronomer. He was the first modern European scientist to propose the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe, which states that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. Prior to … Read More
The Kepler Space Telescope has been scanning the cosmos for habitable worlds beyond our Solar System since its first light in 2009. During one of its routine observations, the telescope noticed something very unusual. A strange and intriguing star sits … Read More
An observatory in close solar orbit captured a snake seemingly slinking across the surface of the Sun in a new video. However, the “serpent” observed by the Solar Orbiter of the European Space Agency is not a real stellar squamate … Read More