Despite advances in science, Mars, the fourth planet in the Solar System, is still full of secrets that attract the attention of scientists. On July…
Remembering Bruce McCandless, the first man to float freely in space (1)
Bruce McCandless floats solo during the STS-41B Challenger mission in February 1984 (NASA). It is an iconic image from the 80s. An astronaut floats alone…
The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever seen rotates once every 25 seconds /sciencenews. org/
The sun turns once a month and the Earth once a day, but a white dwarf star 2,000 light-years away spins every 25 seconds, beating…
Orloj, the Prague Astronomical Clock and its legend
More than 600 years old, the Prague Astronomical Clock shows the medieval view of the universe in which the Earth is the center. One of…
An ancient mystery about the Sun may save the planet from devastating geomagnetic storms
Credit – Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory A new study led by the University of Sydney in Australia and involving US specialists could provide a robust…
Venera 13 images of the surface of Venus
The soil of Venus photographed by Venera 13 (USSR) On March 1, 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 probe sent the image below these lines. She…
The “three-body problem” is about to be solved with Artificial Intelligence
It is 300 years since Isaac Newton formulated the laws that allow us to know exactly where a planet or any celestial object will be…
The Greatest Mysteries of Uranus
Uranus glows gorgeously in x-rays. NASA More than a billion and a half away from Earth looms a huge cyan world with a dangerous name:…
Hala Fruit: The fruit that looks like an exploding planet
The world is full of curiosities and secrets that very few people know, and even more so when it comes to medicinal plants. Mother nature…
Observations of Exploding Star in ‘Real Time’ Deemed a Major Step Towards Predicting Supernovas / gizmodo. com/
Big-badda-boom: Supernova SN 2020fqv.Image: NASA, ESA, Ryan Foley (UC Santa Cruz), Joseph DePasquale (STScI) A star located 60 million light years away went supernova last year,…