Our Universe is Expanding Faster than Expected
Everytime I think about the universe expanding I can’t help but think to myself, “so what is outside of our universe?”, based on our concept/understanding of things, there must be something outside of it but that is one scary rabbit hole to go in because then you have to ask what contains whatever is outside of our universe and what’s … Continue reading
12,800 Years Ago Earth Was Struck by a Disintegrating Comet that Set Off Global Firestorms
According to a new study, a comet impact triggered massive wildfires and a temporary cooling 12,800 years ago. Image Credit: NASA/Don Davis According to modern theories of geological evolution, the last major ice age (known as the Pliocene-Quaternary glaciation) began about 2.58 million years ago during the late Pliocene Epoch. Since then, the world has experienced several glacial and interglacial periods, and … Continue reading
First Ever Discovery of Planets In Another Galaxy
So just to be clear this is a discovery of planets outside of our Milky Way galaxy, all of the other numerous planets that have been discovered previously were always still within our own galaxy. Here is a cluster of galaxies for illustration purposes (not our actual galaxy): Quite an achievement I would say. via University of Oklahoma: Norman – … Continue reading
Likelihood of Trappist-1 Planets Being Habitable Just Went Up
Could there be alien life within the Trappist-1 system ? via phys.org A series of four studies have shed new light on the properties of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, currently our most optimal hope for evidence of biological life beyond the Solar system. Since the extent of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system was revealed in February 2017, it has captured the … Continue reading
Massive Distant Black Hole Challenges Our Current Knowledge, it ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
Looks like as time goes on, the more we learn the less we seem to know… via unexplained-mysteries.com: How such a large black hole formed so early remains a total mystery. A newly discovered supermassive black hole is challenging what scientists know of the early universe. The cosmic behemoth, which appears as it did a mere 690 million years after … Continue reading
The Eridanus Void: A Mysterious MegaMassive Black Hole One-Billion Light Years Across
The apparent development of a large void of some billion light-years in diameter in the Constellation Eridanus appears to be improbable given current cosmological models. A radical and controversial theory proposes that it is a “universe-in-mass black hole” rather than hypothetical dark matter responsible for the phenomenon described as the expanding-accelerating universe. This radical theory of cosmology suggests that stars … Continue reading
72 New Galaxies Discovered by ESO Astronomers
The new galaxies date back 13 billion years to a time shortly after the formation of the universe. The discovery was made using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. The galaxies were situated in a patch of sky previously investigated by the Hubble Space Telescope and were identified … Continue reading
Computer Simulation Strengthens Case for the Presence of a Second Sun
Astronomer from Quebec Gilles Couture conducted a study using computer simulation. Because of this he was able to prove that early in the Solar system, stars, there was a “duet”. But one of them left our galaxy and flew in the space provided, leaving the Sun in splendid isolation. According to the study, conducted by the astronomer, the weight of the mysterious … Continue reading
Massive Mystery Object Discovered at Milky Way Center –“Failed Star or Unknown Planet?”
Astronomer observe a gigantic mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth 22,000 light years away. via DailyGalaxy: Astronomers have used the light-warping effects of gravity to spot a massive object OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb using NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope, 13 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits a star about 22,000 light years away. This new discovery of an absolutely … Continue reading
Astronomer Make Astonishing Discovery of ‘Monster’ Planet Orbiting Tiny Star
A huge “monster” planet that’s far too big for its sun could lead scientists to rethink their theories of astronomy. The planet, known as NGTS-1b, is the size of Jupiter. But orbits around a red dwarf star that’s only half the size of its sun. Scientists not only didn’t predict that such a massive planet would be able to orbit … Continue reading
