NASA's longest space mission is now entering a new phase, as the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes exit the solar system into interstellar space, the farthest distance any man-made space probe has ever ventured. The Hubble Space Telescope is monitoring their paths into deep space to learn more about the outer reaches of the solar system and beyond.
A massive crack on the Antarctic can result in an iceberg breaking apart from the continent, which can also lead to the collapse of a massive ice shelf, according to scientists.
On Friday, January 6, two NASA astronauts successfully completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station, upgrading the power supply of the station. Commander Shane Kimborough of the Expedition 50 and Peggy Whitson performed this dangerous task outside the space lab at 7:23 a.m. EST.
According to the scientists, the presence of these comets provides circumstantial evidence for "gravitational stirring" by an unseen Jupiter-sized planet that deflects these comets and hurls them into the star.
China is building the world's highest altitude gravitational wave telescope in Tibet, close to the country's Line of Actual Control with India. With a budget of 130 million yuan ($ 18.8 million) for the project, the building of the telescope is aimed at detecting and gathering precise data on primordial gravitational waves in the Northern Hemisphere.
While scientists are fascinated by the mystery and grandeur of black holes, they are extremely hard to study. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has come up with a new mission to decode this mystery a little bit. This research mission will be launched at the end of this decade. This will include studying cosmic X-rays to try to understand black holes better.
NASA has captured its deepest X-ray image, revealing the highest population of supermassive black holes to date. This new image shows about 5,000 of them in an area the size of a full moon, or a billion black holes for an entire sky, courtesy of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Scientists claim that in the year 2022, two stars will merge into one, while pushing out excess gas. This will result in an explosion known as a red nova. The explosion will be at magnitude 2, and will be as bright as the Polaris (or Pole Star). The collision in the constellation of Cygnus is expected to be visible for up to six months.
Astronomers have discovered the source of the mysterious radio waves called fast radio bursts (FRBs) coming from the deep space outside Milky Way. These high-energy flashy radio waves are apparently coming from a dwarf galaxy located three billion light years away from Earth.
Scientists are asking for special help from military dolphins to save a critically endangered porpoise species.These dolphins are part of a team called Seal Team 6, and they are specifically trained by the United States Navy to detect underwater mines and other potential marine hazards.
