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Quantum Entanglement Confirmed Using Ancient Starlight"On Monday, a group of researchers from MIT published the results from recent experiments that used the light from stars emitted 7.8 billion and 12.2 billion years ago to help confirm the reality of quantum entanglement..."Posted: 27 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: motherboard.vice.com ![]() |
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Curiosity Finds Strange Object on the Surface of Mars"This small object got the attention of Mars Curiosity mission scientists this past week. NASA scientists say they were finally able to figure out what the strange fragment is..."Posted: 19 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: earthsky.org ![]() |
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Parker Solar Probe Lifts off to 'Touch the Sun'"US space agency Nasa has launched its mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before..."Posted: 12 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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Bright Flashes of Light Detected on the Moon"The bizarre phenomena were observed from Earth by the Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System (MIDAS) on the nights of July 17 and July 18..."Posted: 07 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: express.co.uk ![]() |
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Strange Green Meteorite Older Than the Earth Discovered"Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the catastrophic explosion of a massive star, a supernova, caused an immense cloud of cosmic dust and gas to come together and form our solar system..."Posted: 07 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: livescience.com ![]() |
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New Radio Telescope Picks up Mysterious Signal from Space"A new radio telescope in Canada is doing its job picking up mysterious signals from deep space known as 'fast radio bursts' (FRBs)..."Posted: 02 August 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: cnet.com ![]() |
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Could the 'Symmetron Field' Explain Dark Energy?"One thing is certain: there's something out there we don't yet know. For years now scientists have been looking for 'dark matter' or 'dark energy'..."Posted: 24 July 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: dailygalaxy.com ![]() |
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Dwarf Planet Ceres' Bright Spots Shine in Stunning Up-Close View"You may have seen the bizarre bright spots speckling the dwarf planet Ceres — but not like this..."Posted: 20 July 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Eerie Space Sounds Recorded Near Saturn by Probe"Data recorded during Cassini's final months is still giving us gold. New research from the probe's Grand Finale mission has uncovered a previously unknown interaction between Saturn and its moon Enceladus - plasma waves, travelling between the two..."Posted: 15 July 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: sciencealert.com ![]() |
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Recovery of Lost Apollo Mission Tapes Solves Lunar Mystery?"NASA's Apollo missions in the 1960s and '70s served not only to land Americans on the lunar surface but to answer key questions about the moon that could be answered only by going there..."Posted: 09 July 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: edition.cnn.com ![]() |
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Newborn Planet Pictured for the First Time"Astronomers have captured this image of a planet that's still forming in the disk of gas and dust around its star..."Posted: 03 July 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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Galaxy Holds Ten Billion Trillion Trillion Tonnes of 'Space Grease'"It looks cold, dark and empty, but astronomers have revealed that interstellar space is permeated with a fine mist of grease-like molecules..."Posted: 30 June 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: theguardian.com ![]() |
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NASA Monitor Incoming Asteroid as It Explodes over Russia"NASA has confirmed an asteroid they were watching exploded over Russia – with witnesses hearing a sonic boom..."Posted: 25 June 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: dailystar.co.uk ![]() |
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Japanese Spacecraft Approaches 'Dumpling-shaped' Asteroid"A Japanese spacecraft is sending back images as it approaches an irregularly shaped asteroid that some on the mission have compared to a dumpling..."Posted: 19 June 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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Bakewell Pudding Sent to the Edge of Space 'Goes Missing'"A Bakewell pudding which was launched to the edges of space, with tracking devices attached, has gone missing..."Posted: 19 June 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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NASA Mars Rovers Caught in Huge Planet-wide Dust Storm"Day has turned to night for NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars. A huge dust storm that's now 14-million square miles wide, covering a full quarter of the red planet, has blotted out the sun above Perseverance Valley, Opportunity's home..."Posted: 14 June 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: yahoo.com ![]() |
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'Permanent' Interstellar Object Discovered in Orbit of Jupiter"An asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may have come from outside our Solar System, according to a new study..."Posted: 22 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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China Launches Probe to the Far Side of the Moon"China's space agency has taken a critical first step toward an unprecedented robotic landing on the far side of the Moon..."Posted: 22 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: arstechnica.com ![]() |
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Computer Simulations Suggest Reason for Strange Moon Shapes"The small, inner moons of Saturn have intriguing shapes resembling in some cases ravioli and spaetzle..."Posted: 22 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: astronomynow.com ![]() |
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Newly Discovered Solar System Object Hints at Hidden Planet Nine"There might be a large planet lurking somewhere at the very edge of our solar system, and astronomers are hunting for it. While they have yet to find direct evidence of the planet, a recent discovery provides yet more indirect evidence that the planet does, in fact, exist..."Posted: 19 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: popularmechanics.com ![]() |
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Astronomers Discover 'Planet with No Clouds'"With all the exoplanets we've been discovering lately, it's tough to actually find a clear sky in all these alien atmospheres..."Posted: 10 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: outerplaces.com ![]() |
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NASA's InSight Lander Launches to Probe Deep Interior of Mars"NASA's latest Mars explorer is on its way to the Red Planet. The agency's InSight Mars lander lifted off today (May 5) atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket..."Posted: 05 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Can a Medieval Tapestry Help Find Planet Nine?"Scientists have been looking to the past to help them determine the whereabouts of the elusive ninth planet..."Posted: 05 May 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: unexplained-mysteries.com ![]() |
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Amazing Animation from the Surface of a Comet Released by ESA"Look at this amazing GIF. That snowy-looking scene wasn't captured on Mount Everest, or in some canyon in Antarctica. That's the view from a lander on the surface of a comet..."Posted: 29 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: amp.livescience.com ![]() |
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'Rotten Egg Gas' Discovered Around Planet Uranus"The planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell..."Posted: 25 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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Meteorite Diamonds 'Came from Lost Planet'"A diamond-bearing space rock that exploded in Earth's atmosphere in 2008 was part of a lost planet from the early Solar System, a study suggests..."Posted: 21 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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NASA Spacecraft Aims to Put Mystery Planets on Galactic Map"...The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — Tess for short — is embarking Monday on a two-year quest to find and identify mystery worlds thought to be lurking in our cosmic backyard..."Posted: 16 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: 10tv.com ![]() |
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Scientists Find a New Clue in the 'Martian Mega Impact' Mystery"A mineral found in Earth’s mantle could help scientists better understand a hypothetical scenario that asks if Mars was sucker-punched by a massive object, sending pieces of it flying across the solar system..."Posted: 13 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: inverse.com ![]() |
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NASA Video Journeys over Jupiter's Monster Polar Storms"The massive cyclones that swirl near Jupiter's north pole glow like lava in a gorgeous new 3D flyover video captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft..."Posted: 13 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Dozen Black Holes Found at Galactic Centre"A dozen black holes may lie at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way, researchers have said. A new analysis provides support for a decades-old prediction..."Posted: 08 April 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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How to Track the Chinese Space Station's Plunge to Earth"It's time to grab the popcorn: The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is plummeting back to Earth this weekend, and anyone with an internet connection can track the fiery demise live online..."Posted: 31 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: livescience.com ![]() |
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'Ghostly Galaxy' May Be Missing Dark Matter"An unusually transparent galaxy about the size of the Milky Way is prompting new questions for astrophysicists..."Posted: 31 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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'Out-of-control' Space Station Will 'Crash to Earth' over Easter"China’s out-of-control space station will crash to Earth over the Easter weekend, according to experts. Engineers have refined their predictions of when the Tiangong-1 satellite will finally leave orbit..."Posted: 26 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: independent.co.uk ![]() |
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Scientists Detect Strongest Mysterious 'Fast Radio Burst' Signal"Fast radio bursts or radio waves originating from space have always been a mystery for scientists. The brightest fast radio burst signal so far was detected from Australia this month..."Posted: 20 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: techtimes.com ![]() |
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Chinese Space Station to 'Crash' into Earth, No-one Knows Where"China's first space station is expected to come crashing down to Earth within weeks, but scientists have not been able to predict where the 8.5-tonne module will hit..."Posted: 12 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: theguardian.com ![]() |
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Signal Detected from 'Cosmic Dawn'"Scientists say they have observed a signature on the sky from the very first stars to shine in the Universe..."Posted: 01 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: bbc.co.uk ![]() |
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New Theory Suggests the Moon Formed Before the Earth"Earth's moon formed inside a cloud of molten rock, and may have done so before our planet itself formed, a new theory suggests..."Posted: 01 March 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Amateur Astronomer Wins 'Cosmic Lottery' with Supernova Snap"Victor Buso picked the right patch of sky for camera testing. On Sept. 20, 2016, the Argentine amateur astronomer was trying out a new camera he'd affixed to his 16-inch (41 centimeters) telescope..."Posted: 24 February 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot 'May Only Last Another Twenty Years'"Get a good look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot while you can. The giant storm as we know it today is shrinking, and it might fade into memory within your lifetime..."Posted: 20 February 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: uk.businessinsider.com ![]() |
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New Horizons Probe Snaps Image from 3.8 Billion Miles Away"At first glance it might not look like much – but, with a fuzzy purple and green photo, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has made history..."Posted: 09 February 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: dailymail.co.uk ![]() |
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Curiosity Captures Incredible Mars Panorama"Consisting of 16 separate images, the impressive vista was captured using the rover's wide-angle lens..."Posted: 05 February 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: unexplained-mysteries.com ![]() |
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Rare 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Will Be First in 35 Years"Lucky sky-watchers are about to get a cosmic three-for-one deal, as the second super-size full moon in a month undergoes a dramatic total lunar eclipse on January 31..."Posted: 30 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: news.nationalgeographic.com ![]() |
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Christie's to Auction 'Stunning' Rare Meteorites in February"Auction at Christie's (Online exclusive) will feature a stunning and very rare collection of meteorite objects as well as extra-terrestrial gems collected from various locations on Earth..."Posted: 30 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: blouinartinfo.com ![]() |
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NASA 'Reverse-engineer' Systems to Detect Long-lost Satellite"NASA is racing to confirm if a long-lost satellite has really been tracked down by amateur astronomer Scott Tilley, who recently picked up mysterious signals matching the long-dead IMAGE spacecraft..."Posted: 30 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: newsweek.com ![]() |
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Fragments from Dazzling Michigan Meteor Found on Ice"Meteorite hunters in Michigan found six rocks Thursday (Jan. 18) that they say came from a spectacular fireball that lit up local skies earlier this week..."Posted: 22 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Rocks Found in Egypt 'Come from Beyond the Solar System'"...The Hypatia stone – pebbles found in Egypt, which once came from a huge rock that was several metres wide – have long been known to have come to Earth from somewhere else..."Posted: 12 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: independent.co.uk ![]() |
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Mysterious Radio Bursts Draw Attention of Alien Hunters"Repeating bursts of radio waves coming from a distant dwarf galaxy probably aren't signals from an extraterrestrial civilization, but that hasn't stopped a group of E.T. hunters from investigating this peculiar phenomenon..."Posted: 12 January 2018 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |
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Skull-like Asteroid to Return in 2018"Astronomers will soon get another look at the big, ghoulishly weird space rock that buzzed Earth on Halloween three years ago..."Posted: 24 December 2017 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: livescience.com ![]() |
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New Discovery Challenges Scientific Knowledge of Black Holes"Astronomers are baffled by a strange jet of particles shooting from a black hole. Observations of the unusual flare contradict current models of black holes and their powerful magnetic fields..."Posted: 08 December 2017 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: newsweek.com ![]() |
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Voyager 1 Fires Its Backup Thrusters for the 1st Time in 37 Years"NASA's far-flung Voyager 1 spacecraft has taken its backup thrusters out of mothballs. Voyager 1 hadn't used its four 'trajectory correction maneuver' (TCM) thrusters since November 1980..."Posted: 04 December 2017 - Category: Space Mysteries - Source: space.com ![]() |