Space

For the first time ever, scientists are set to reveal a photograph of a supermassive black hole that is millions, perhaps even billions, of times more massive than the sun.

What does the Milky Way really look like? The truth is that we only have the vaguest idea.

NASA's 'Mars Helicopter' has successfully completed a series of tests and is ready to take flight over the Red Planet. NASA conducted two test flights where the drone reached an altitude of just two inches. But the team says that it is all they need. This could possibly prove that the helicopter works in Mars-like conditions.

Stars could be described as being volatile and aggressive, particularly early on in their life cycles. However, scientists have only just found one that could be referred to as ‘salty’ – in a literal and figurative sense.

Sirius, a system of two stars - Sirius A and Sirius B - is the brightest object that we can see from the Earth. However, an asteroid called (4388) Jürgenstock briefly passed in front of Sirius on Monday (Feb 18, 2019) night. Sirius was almost entirely to fade for a few tenths of a second, as the 3.1-mile-wide asteroid flew by. The occultation, as it is called, was visible in parts of Mexico, six US states, and Canada.

Tuesday (Feb 19, 2019) will bring with it, the “super snow moon.” This moon will be at its closest to Earth at 4:07 am EST (0907 GMT).

The ‘super blood wolf’ lunar eclipse was a globally popular event for several reasons. One, it occurred during the moon’s perigee or closest point in its orbit to Earth. This made it particularly bright and clear on the night in question (January 21, 2019). This also meant that the red color typically associated with full lunar eclipses was in strong effect for many people (and their recordings).

Scientists from Arizona State University (ASU) have published the first paper based on data from the Mars rover, Curiosity. This article has been written on the density of the planet beneath the surface.

Astronomers and lunar scientists had calculated that there would be a spectacular blood moon on January 18, 2019. These events are given the name because the moon turns a strong red color before falling into a complete eclipse. However, this was a more than average lunar occlusion.

Temperatures inside the one-liter canister dived to -52 degrees Celsius, which resulted in the death of cotton sprouts during an experiment by Chang’e 4 probe attempting the creation of a self-sustaining mini biosphere on Moon.

Asteroid AG3 missed the Earth by more than three million miles (4.9 million km), 12.86 times the distance from Earth to the moon, which may be considered a narrow miss on the cosmic scale, especially given the speed of space rocks. A giant asteroid dubbed Asteroid 2019 AG3, a massive space rock, flew past Earth on Monday (Jan 14, 2019), in the early hours of the morning (GMT), according to NASA.

What will happen to our galaxy in the future? Astronomers actually have a relatively detailed picture of what may happen to the Milky Way, through scientific and mathematical models of this galaxy. This data indicates, for example, that our galaxy will collide with its near neighbor, the Andromeda, at some point. However, this is not thought to be likely to occur for about eight billion years, by which time humanity may or may not even exist.