The Largest Spinning Objects in Space may be Cosmic Filaments
The ‘Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall,’ found in November 2013, is the largest known structure in the Universe. This object is a galactic filament, a huge…
Astronomy
Whoops, Three “Planets” Are Actually Small Stars
According to a new analysis, at least three of the objects previously thought to be planets circling other stars are actually tiny stars. These aren’t…
Kepler-69 – a G-type Main-sequence Star
Kepler-69 is a G-type main-sequence star in the constellation Cygnus, around 2,430 light-years (750 parsecs) from Earth. On April 18, 2013, it was revealed that…
The Earth Just Got Hit By a Solar Storm
The Sun is having a bad day, and the Earth has just been caught in a coronal mass ejection’s crosshairs. The solar outburst caused a…
Stunning Animation Shows Three Dust Devils Snapped By Perseverance
On Mars, it appears that you can wait a long time for a dust devil, and suddenly three appear at once. Fortunately, engineer Kevin M.…
Pete Davidson Is Getting Blasted To Space This Month
Pete Davidson, a Saturday Night Live star and Kanye West’s new foe, will be sent into space by Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company Blue Origin…
Roscosmos Director Doubles Down on Threats of Russia Leaving the ISS
Dmitry Rogozin, Director of Roscomos, continues to threaten Russia’s withdrawal from the International Space Station (ISS). This second tweet is a subtle reminder of his…
Russia Promises It Won’t Leave US Astronaut Stranded On ISS
Following a series of weird and ambiguous threats in recent weeks regarding the International Space Station (ISS) and ties with NASA, the Russian space agency…
Watch Chris Hadfield Gleefully Test Drive a Lunar Rover through Death Valley
Chris Hadfield is reliving all of our wildest astronaut dreams by driving a full-scale lunar rover across Death Valley in preparation for the rover’s future…
Orbits around Supermassive Black Holes Might Be Like a Giant Game of Billiards
There is a supermassive black hole at the heart of practically every galaxy, weighing millions, if not billions, of times the mass of our Sun.…
Kepler-69c – a Super-Earth Extrasolar Planet
Kepler-69c is a super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It’s a verified super-Earth extrasolar planet, most likely rocky, circling the Sun-like…
Russian Space Agency Refuses To Launch OneWeb Satellite Until Its Demands Are Met
Roscosmos has reported that the OneWeb satellites, which are set to launch this Friday, are being held, hostage. The head of the Russian Space Agency,…
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