In June 2014, five friends in Arizona planned to send a GoPro, a camcorder, and a phone up in a weather balloon to record some footage of space. Bryan Chan, Ved Chirayath, Ashish Goel, Paul Tarantino, and Tyler Reid, all college students, built their gadget, calculated its trajectory, registered with the FAA to avoid interfering […]
The University of Sydney reported that astronomers uncovered a mystery signal originating from the galaxy’s core that “fit no currently understood the pattern of the variable radio source and could suggest a new class of stellar object.” Initially, astronomers thought the signal came from a pulsar (a star that spins extremely fast) or a huge
We are beginning to realize how little we know about the universe as we continue to explore it. For example, the number of galaxies in the universe is still unknown, even though the consensus is that there are roughly 200,000 billion galaxies in the known universe. However, given we’ve only seen a small portion of
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30-ton meteorite uncovered in Argentina A 30,800-kilogram meteorite has been unearthed in Argentina, and experts have declared it to be one of the largest meteorites ever found on Earth. The discovery, made on the border of Chaco, about 1,078 km (670 miles) northwest of the Buenos Aires, has been attributed to a meteor shower that
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A new series of pictures was recently released by NASA themselves of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. As you’ll see from the clip yourself, the images that are displayed here are some of the best ones we’ve ever gotten of the Red Planet, and that is because the team that made up the video specifically
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We all see mesmerizing views when flying, but some are more exceptional than others. A pilot flying over the Atlantic noticed one of these, according to a post shared on Reddit. The caption says, “Mysterious red glow seen over the Atlantic, pilot says he’s never seen anything like it. Via July 2022.” A frightening red glow
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Introduction Conspiracy theories surrounding the Apollo moon landings have persisted for decades, with skeptics continuously finding new angles to cast doubt on one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Recently, a new claim emerged suggesting that the famous first steps on the moon don’t match the boots worn by Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot
This is the first time that scientists have discovered a signal coming from a galaxy 9 billion light years from Earth. The radio signal was detected by Pune, India’s giant VHF radio telescope. The huge radio telescope is equipped with thirty parabolic antennas, each pointed skyward and with a diameter of about 45 meters. This
But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a collision are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space
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The Curious Origins of Naming Hurricanes and Cyclones: A Tale of Meteorologist Clement Wragge When we hear names like Hurricane Katrina, Cyclone Nargis, or Typhoon Haiyan, we often wonder why these devastating natural phenomena are given human names. The practice of naming hurricanes and cyclones has a fascinating history, and it all traces back to
