Harvard Astronomers Estimate 4 Quintillion Alien Spacecraft Near Our Solar System
Looking at the night sky, we cannot help but wonder whether there is life elsewhere in the cosmos. There likely is. I firmly believe so. Not just…
A faraway trio of stars are surrounded by a strangely distorted planet-forming disk
Three rings of gas and dust circle a trio of stars in one of the most complicated cosmic dances yet observed by astronomers. The star system GW…
It’s Official: NASA’s sending a mission to titan, a top candidate for alien life
For its newest planetary science mission, NASA aims to land a flying robot on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, a top target in the search for alien…
The Milky Way’s whole black hole swarm has been observed moving
A swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes may be hidden in the core of a fluffy cluster of stars flowing across the sky. If this finding…
Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated
A weird quantum effect that was predicted decades ago has finally been demonstrated — if you make a cloud of gas cold and dense enough, you can…
Join the hunt for elusive spooky sprites in the sky with this ‘Spritacular’ project
A new crowdsourcing science project called “Spritacular” is asking skywatchers to use their digital cameras to try to capture images of unusual electrical discharges above thunderstorms. These…
‘Pale blue dot’ planets like Earth may make up only 1% of potentially habitable worlds
Earth-like worlds with similar land-to-ocean ratios to our planet’s may be exceedingly rare. According to a new study, Earth-like planets with about 30% of their surface covered…
Cosmic encounter; Jupiter and Saturn set to form phenomenon not visible in 800 years
One of the rarest astronomical events we will witness during our lifetimes.What will the end of 2020 be without another major event? This special occasion is reserved…
A magnetic gateway will open, linking the Earth and the Sun in every 8 minutes
Something will happen far above your head during the time you read this article that many scientists did not believe until recently. According to NASA, a magnetic…
Global reset 12,800 years ago: Evidence of mass extinction by asteroid
Scientists have found conclusive evidence that suggests a massive asteroid impacted Earth some 12,800 years ago driving many animal species to extinction and leaving a catastrophic imprint…