Earth & Space
Harvard scientists think that the first interstellar object detected in our solar system, called “Oumuamua,” could be an alien spacecraft. #aliencraft #aliens #space
While appearing as a delicate and light veil draped across the sky, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope actually depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, located around 2600 light-years away. #hubble #CygnusLoop
The most mysterious aspect of ‘Oumuamua’ was the fact that it seemed to be gaining momentum, as though it were being propelled by some kind of propulsion system. #Oumuamua
Outer space is full of rare things and phenomena that will always impress people. Let’s take a journey to the most beautiful and bizarre places found in space! #spacebeauty
The skies will delight stargazers with overlapping meteor showers towards the end of the month. #MeteorShower
There’s a partial penumbral “buck moon” eclipse on tap for the US on the night of July 4 and morning of July 5. Here’s how to watch it.
NASA has released an absolutely epic time-lapse video of the Sun that depicts 10 years of changes that it has undergone over the past decade. The video is a compilation of 10 years of images collected by the U.S. space agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).#sunactivity
There may be as many as one Earth-like planets for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to new estimates. #earthlikeplanet #exoplanets
An Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21st puts the cherry on top for the first half of the year with some of our favorite planets being visible to the naked eye during June as well. #planets #celestialskies
It’s incredible to ponder the notion of there being over 30 advanced civilizations in our galaxy. #AlienCivilization
An annular solar eclipse – often referred to as a “Ring of Fire” – that will happen on June 21, right after the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. #eclipse
Astronomers have found a fast radio burst (FRB) that repeats in a looping cycle every 157 days, and they can’t identify the source. #spacemysteries
New measurements collected by a team of astronomers constitute the most precise data yet in this intellectual quest. #univerrse
A team of scientists headed by Shivani Bhandari, an astronomer with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia’s federal agency responsible for scientific research, has made a breakthrough discovery by pinpointing the precise location of four fast radio bursts (FRBs). #signalsfromspace
We are in for a major spectacle this Friday as we’ll be treated to June’s full “Strawberry Moon” in all of its glory. #fullmooneclipse
