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Life on Mars? Steep slopes reveal massive amount of ice buried in Red Planet
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Astrogeology Science Center in Arizona located around eight geological features known as scarps on the Martian subsurface. An in-depth analysis of these scarps indicated the presence of thick icy-sheets hidden just under the surface of the planet. The detection of ice on Mars holds a great future for future […]
Supermassive Black Hole caught burping not once but twice
A massive black hole present in the middle of the galaxy about 800 million light-years away from Earth was recently caught letting out two simultaneous burps that consisted of extremely charged particles. These so-called ‘Burps’ are an after effect of gorging on hot gases. Essentially, a black hole is a celestial sinkhole that sucks in […]
An up close 3D journey to Orion Nebula with NASA’s spectacular video
The latest video released by NASA shows the viewers a 3D take into the famous Orion Nebula which is summarized into a movie which is 3 minutes long. This video literally makes you feel as if you are traveling via the interstellar clouds in the space. With the help of astronomers and visualization specialists from […]
Alien meteorite that crashed into Earth hints toward presence of extraterrestrial life
The possibility of the presence of an alien life has always been attracting the humankind. With the recent discovery of liquid water and organic compounds in two ancient meteorites, the struggle for the search of life has preceded a step further. In the year 1998, two meteorites, after completing circulations of the neighboring asteroid belt […]
Mini space telescope to help scan for extraterrestrial life on nearby stars
A small yet powerful telescope which shall be a part of the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat is under construction at NASA which is planned to be launched in the year 2021. The telescope, to be fitted inside SPARCS, shall help in the exploration of flares as well as sunspots located in the stars near our […]
Total lunar eclipse to bring 152 years old event into limelight on 31st January
The last day of the year’s first month marks the occurrence of a rare but beautiful phenomenon that is supposed to occur after a long gap of about 152 years. The New Year started with a supermoon which was followed by a Wolf Moon and now the residents of the blue planet get to experience […]
Chinese space station Tiangong-1’s fall in control: claim Chinese experts
The rumor associated with the Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, which was speculated to have an uncontrolled fall back to the Earth has taken a 360-degree turn as the leading spaceflight engineer from China claims that the same is in under control. As per his statement, the space station is being monitored constantly with no danger […]
ISS astronaut Norishige Kanai apologizes for spreading space growth spurt rumor
Norishige Kanai, a Japanese astronaut recently made it to the headline with his surprising claims that stated that his body had stretched by a length of 3.5 inches during his three weeks long stay onboard the ISS (International Space Station). However, the astronaut later admitted his fault by stating that he miscalculated the figure while […]
South-West Egyptian rock could be a breakthrough to understand our solar system
The Sahara desert is filled with a yellow colored unique stone which has been termed by the scientists as the Hypatia Stone. This particular stone was discovered by the scientists in the year 1996 which later turned out to have some extraterrestrial origin story. The stone is made up of material that is unknown to […]