Astronomy

Mars mystery deepens as its unusual radar signals found not to be of water: What’s brewing on Red Planet?

Scientists think that the radar signals that suggest the presence of subsurface lakes located deep under the surface, could be emerging from clays, and not water. The search for life…

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⬝ Sep25,2024 11:39pm

How did the African tribe Dogon know about Sirius’ invisible companion star?

The Sirius star system is made of two consisting stars, the Sirius A and the Sirius B. However, Sirius B is so tiny and so close to Sirius A that, with the naked eyes, we only can perceive the binary star system as a single star.

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⬝ Sep24,2024 10:08pm

Type V Civilization: The civilization of real gods!

A Type V civilization would be advanced enough to to escape their universe of origin and explore the multiverse. Such a civilization would have mastered technology to a point where they could simulate or build a custom universe.

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⬝ Sep24,2024 6:04pm

Missing a black hole 10 billion times more massive than the Sun

Scientists believe that a supermassive black hole lurks at the centre of virtually every galaxy in the universe, with a mass that is millions or billions of times that of the Sun…

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⬝ Sep21,2024 1:43pm

Babylon knew secrets of the solar system 1,500 years before Europe

Hand in hand with agriculture, astronomy took its first steps between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, more than 10,000 years ago. The oldest records of this science belong to the…

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⬝ Sep20,2024 11:57pm

The Merkhet: An incredible timekeeping and astronomical instrument of Ancient Egypt

A merkhet was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. This star clock was extremely accurate, and could be used to make astronomical observations. It has been suggested that these instruments were probably used in the construction of temples and tombs to align the structures in particular ways.

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⬝ Sep20,2024 12:34am

The Cochno Stone: Could this 5000-year-old star map be evidence of a lost advanced civilization?

Archaeologists cannot confirm what is exactly depicted on the massive slab, detailing like planets and stars.

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⬝ Sep19,2024 2:36pm

Mars was once inhabited, then what happened to it?

Did life begin on Mars and then travel to Earth for its blossoming? A few years ago, a long-debated theory known as "panspermia" got new life, as two scientists separately proposed that early Earth lacked some chemicals essential to forming life, while early Mars likely had them. So, what's the truth behind the life on Mars?

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⬝ Sep17,2024 1:17am

Algol: Ancient Egyptians found something strange in the night sky that scientists only discovered in 1669

Colloquially known as the Demon Star, the star Algol was linked to the winking eye of Medusa by early astronomers. Algol is actually a 3-in-1 multiple stellar system. A stellar…

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⬝ Sep8,2024 10:59pm

Scientist theorizes worlds with underground oceans support and conceal life

One of the most striking discoveries in planetary science in the last 25 years has been the presence of oceans beneath layers of rock and ice in our solar system. These worlds include ice satellites of big planets like as Europa, Titan, and Enceladus, as well as distant planets such as Pluto.

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⬝ Sep7,2024 1:03am

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