Hundreds of large flashes have been captured on camera reflecting off our planet, and they’ve helped NASA solve a mystery that stumped the likes of Carl Sagan more than two decades ago. These flashes are so bright that they can … Read More
If you’re swimming in a large volume of water, i’s difficult to judge the properties of distant floating objects with exacting precision, and the same is true for our star system as it swirls around the galaxy. This is perhaps … Read More
The Earth will pass between the Sun and the Moon in the early hours of November 19, casting a shadow on the latter. The eclipse will peak shortly after 4 a.m. ET, when our planet will block out 97 percent … Read More
Our observable Universe is the region of space that we can see today — all points in space where light has had enough time to reach us if it left at the Big Bang (13.7 billion years ago) or later. … Read More
If you travel through a black hole, where do you go? So here you are, on the verge of falling into a black hole. What could possibly await you if, against all odds, you manage to survive? Where would you … Read More
Even though we haven’t discovered any evidence of extraterrestrial life so far, we should be prepared for the day when that changes. After all, many scientists believe that alien life is a distinct possibility – if not an outright probability. … Read More