Massive Stars Are Stealing Planets From Solar Systems
An explanation for Jupiter-like planets orbiting stars three times the mass of our sun has been proposed by researchers. Our galaxy is a truly massive place. It…
Did space sow seeds of life on Earth? Scientists find building blocks of DNA in meteorites
All the ingredients of our DNA have been found on meteorites now, scientists say. What does this mean? Quite simply that life on Earth could have come…
Scientists Just Took an Actual Picture of a Planet in Another Star System
The planet, known as “b Pictoris c,” is located roughly 63 light-years from Earth in the Beta Pictoris system. Using the additional brightness and dynamic mass data…
Curious Kids: What is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes?
What is exotic matter, and could we use it to make wormholes? – Julia, aged 14, London Matter is “stuff.” It is anything that is made up…
Scientists discover largest gas cloud in space that’s 20 times bigger than the Milky Way
Glowing in the Pegasus constellation are five apparently closely packed galaxies known as Stephan’s Quintet — and they are whispering the secrets of galactic evolution to scientists….
Scientists Baffled After Observing Stars That Could Challenges Newton’s Laws of Gravity
A newly published paper published in the Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society presents a mystery that is leaving experts stunned. An analysis of star…
Famous Stephen Hawking theory about black holes confirmed
One of Stephen Hawking’s most famous theories has been confirmed to be correct, thanks to space-time ripples caused by the merger of the two distant black holes….
The direct fusion drive that could get us to saturn in just 2 years
According to experts, the right kind of propulsion technology might transport spacecraft to Saturn in about two years. The direct fusion drive (DFD), a concept being explored by Princeton…
Massive, Potentially Hazardous Planet-Killer Asteroid Spotted by Astronomers
It is about 1.5 kilometers (almost 1 mile) wide. More importantly, it is in an orbit that, in the future, could bring it close enough to Earth…
A burst of gravitational waves hit our planet – Astronomers have no clue where it’s from
Scientists discovered a split-second burst of gravitational waves, space-time distortions… However, researchers are unsure where this explosion originated. The gravitational wave signal, detected by the Laser Interferometer…