Tagged: astronomy

Enceladus’ Core Could Be Heating Water In Ocean Of Saturn’s Moon

Mysterious moon Enceladus is one of the most fascinating places in our Solar System to search for life. During its mission, the international Cassini spacecraft have made many close observations of 500 km-diameter moon of Saturn – Enceladus, which is considered a potentially habitable alien...

Stunning Fireball Visible Over The Netherlands And Belgium

A stunning, bright fireball was spotted over the Netherlands and Belgium on 21 September at 21:00 CEST (19:00 GMT). It was caused by a small meteoroid, estimated to be around several centimeters, entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up. The fireball was captured by a number...

Evidence Of Dynamical Dark Energy Discovered

Astronomers found that the nature of dark energy may not be the cosmological constant introduced by Albert Einstein 100 years ago. This is crucial for the study of dark energy. The discovery was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy. “We are excited to see...

Titanium Oxide Discovered For The First Time In Exoplanet WASP-19b

For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered titanium oxide in an exoplanet atmosphere. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers made the discovery around the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-19b, a remarkable planet that has about the same mass as Jupiter. WASP-19b is so close to its...

Moon’s Interior May Contain Lots Of Water!

– Yes, there is water on our Moon! Scientists have assumed for years that there is no water in the Moon’s mantle. A new study reveals this is wrong. Evidence from ancient volcanic deposits suggests that lunar magma contained substantial amounts of water, bolstering the...