Astronomy

International Space Station shines in new photos taken from a departing spacecraft

You've never seen the ISS like this. You can regularly Scientias.nl read about the International Space Station (ISS); the space station that orbits the...

Monstrous black hole in the making discovered relatively close to Earth

Astronomers have discovered a pair of supermassive black holes that are record-breakingly close to Earth. And these two black holes are also in...

Astronauts must stay indoors because of flying space debris

NASA has narrowly canceled a spacewalk scheduled for today. Actually, the two astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron should have put on their spacesuits for...

Black hole recognized by its power

Artist's impression of the black hole and "its" star in the star cluster NGC 1850. (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) Progress in "gravitational monster research":...

Propeller star: rotation in 25 seconds

The rapidly rotating white dwarf LAMOST J024048.51 + 195226.9 represents a "propeller star" that whirls matter attracted by a companion rapidly into space. ...

Mars robot sends breathtakingly beautiful snapshot to Earth

Enjoy its beautiful view with Mars rover Curiosity. Although Mars rover Perseverance has been in the spotlight lately, we must not forget that there is...

Huge gas arc appears to be colliding with our galaxy much faster

New research indicates that the gas arc is five times closer to our Milky Way than previously believed. Our solar system is located in a...

On this planet it’s New Year’s Day every 4 o’clock

The newly discovered sweltering planet has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant. The hunt for planets beyond our solar system, meanwhile, has led...

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon soon

Several lightweight generators must together supply 40 kilowatts of power; enough to supply 30 households with uninterrupted electricity for ten years. Meanwhile, plans to...

NASA is going to crash a space probe on an asteroid to protect the earth

Introducing DART: an exciting space mission starting this week. Just a little while, and then the long-awaited Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission started. ...

Forget about green aliens in flying saucers; malicious invasions may come from unknown microbes

The era of space exploration brings new risks. Because what if the earth is infected by extraterrestrial micro-organisms, or vice versa? Hundreds of flying...

NASA Releases Amazing Images of Mars Helicopter’s Most Complicated Flight Yet

During the flight, Ingenuity ventured into the inaccessible area of ​​Séítah. Are you watching? In early September, Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed one of its...

The Netherlands from space: you have never seen our little country so beautiful before

In recent years, our country has been regularly photographed by astronauts and satellites. These are the most beautiful photos. Pearl necklace for the coast On...

Jupiter’s equator has changed color again

That – and more – is evident from new images taken by Hubble of the four largest planets in our solar system. The Hubble Space...

Portrait of a young planet

Infrared image of the young planet 2M0437b (b). (Image: Subaru Telescope) Although astronomers have discovered thousands of extrasolar planets, images of very young, newly...

Search for aliens on Mars could be seriously hindered by fake fossils

We've been warned. At the moment, several rovers are rolling around on Mars and are taking a close look at the planet. In particular,...

Russians blow up satellite, after which (their own) astronauts have to take cover

The action resulted in more than 1,500 relatively large debris, which shortly afterwards posed a real threat to the International Space Station, which is...

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