To make the most of the total solar eclipse 2024, one of nature’s grandest spectacles, you must plan ahead. This solar eclipse will be visible from a path across North America stretching from Mexico to eastern Canada on April 8, 2024.
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A new way to make telescope mirrors could sharpen our view of the universe.
Amazing gravitational waves discovery – what they are and why they’re so important
In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted that any event that disturbs spacetime will produce ripples that spread throughout the entire Universe. He called these ripples gravitational waves. This week, one hundred years after Einstein’s prediction, scientists revealed they had finally detected gravitational waves. The discovery being called the greatest scientific advance this century. Here’s how they…
About the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) – Scientists create the world’s largest telescope on top of a mountain.
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be more powerful than any telescope on earth. Its huge mirror will measure 39.3 meters and require microscopic precision to align the 800 hexagon-shaped pieces of mirror it will take to construct the telescope. E-ELT will be more than three times larger than any telescope on the planet!
Saturn – the greatest planet (except for Uranus which is easier to work into jokes)
Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large, gaseous planet composed mostly of the gases hydrogen and helium. Saturn has a magnetic field 1,000 times stronger than Earth’s but not as strong as Jupiter’s. Due to its gaseous nature, Saturn’s density is so low that it could float in an ocean of water. It probably has a…
Our wonderful Sun – the brightest star in the sky!
NASA discovers unusual “Hand of God” structure in space.
New NASA imagery has been released showing a huge, bizarre, glowing human hand-like structure that appears to be reaching out to touch a brilliant glowing red cloud in deep space. Complete with clearly-defined forearm, wrist, thumb, fingers, and fingernails, the celestial object has been appropriately dubbed the “Hand of God”.
Astronomers may have found the impossible – a star within a star
Scientists claim to have found microscopic alien life high in the Earth’s stratosphere.
British scientists believe they have found evidence of alien life after a specially designed balloon sent 27 km into the stratosphere captured small biological organisms that they say can only have come from space. The mission was launched during the Perseid meteor shower in order to check for life amongst the meteor shower debris. The…