With its incredible beauty, a time-lapse of Jupiter’s moons Europa and Io orbiting the gas giant has recently gone viral on the Internet. Because the time-lapse is so amazing, many users have claimed that it isn’t real. While it’s important … Read More
Ever feel like there’s just not enough time in the day? As it turns out, you may be onto something. The Earth is rotating faster than it has in the last half-century, causing our days to be slightly shorter than … Read More
The term “planet” is defined very strictly by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). An astronomical body is officially a planet if it orbits the Sun, has enough mass to be spherical, and has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, according … Read More
According to astronomers, every year on the surface of the largest Planet in the Solar System fall several asteroids with a diameter of more than 10 meters. On October 15, 2021, at 2:24pm GMT, Japanese astronomers recorded a 2-second light … Read More
A new study published by researchers reveals an asteroid near Earth that would be worth trillions of dollars if mined. There are many asteroids in space, and some of them contain large amounts of precious metals that are used to … Read More
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission captured its first images of its destination planet Mercury as it swooped past in a close gravity assist flyby. The closest approach occurred on October 1, 2021, at 23:34 UTC, at an altitude of 199 km … Read More