An international team of researchers led by Jane Greaves from Cardiff University has spotted phosphine, a rare and toxic gas, in the atmosphere of Venus suggesting that it may be home to alien life. They reported their findings in an article published in Nature Astronomy today. The sheer quantity of phosphine found on Venus cannot be…
The night sky in the UK will be dominated by the September Corn Moon, which will appear full for about three days from Monday evening through Thursday morning. The moon officially reached its peak at 6.22 am this morning but will continue to shine brightly in the sky this evening and Thursday evening as well.…
2nd September’s full moon at 6:22 am, is usually known as the Harvest Moon, because it is the full moon that falls closest to the September equinox. This year, however, it will be known as the Full Corn Moon, as the first of two full moons to fall in October is closest to the first…
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) gigantic telescopein Northern Chile shot the picture of NGC 28990 a bubble of gas resembling a butterfly. The “space butterfly” is localted between 3, 000 to 6, 500 light-years away in the.Southern constellation of Vela. NGC 2899’s vast swathes of gas can reach temperatures of over 10, 000 °C.…
Ophiuchus, a new star sign is a thirteenth-star sign as revealed by NASA throws astrological calendar in a mess Ophiuchus named after the ancient Greek for “ snake bearer” comes into line straddling the celestial equator for 18 days between November 29 and December 17 with Scorpio’s window cut to just seven days. Astrological…
Astronauts on historic mission as Dragon capsule enter space station: SpaceX NASA Mission US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with and entered the International Space Station (ISS). Their Dragon capsule supplied and operated by the private SpaceX company attended to the bow section of the orbiting lab 422km above China. The pair…
The bright evening star Venus will reach its greatest brightness on Tuesday, April 28, as the first planet to make a close approach to the crescent moon. This is ranked as the third-brightest Celestial object to light the sky after the Sun and Moon. The moment of conjunction occurs at 15:23 GMT and you can…
A couple of months ago, the heads from 18 small British telecoms companies met at a London bank to discuss investment, strategy, and mergers. In the meeting, they were asked if they thought the Chinese could eavesdrop through back doors in Huawei equipment all 18 hands went up. One of the bankers then asked, if…
ISRO said on Saturday it had lost communication with its Vikram lander 1.2miles before touchdown on the moon’s south pole. The complex £114m mission involved carrying out a soft landing with a rover vehicle to search for signs of water. India would have become only the fourth country to land a vessel on the lunar…
ISRO shared a lunar surface image taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera-2 of Chandrayann-2 on August 23. The image showed craters such as Jackson, Mach, Korolev and Mitra. Mitra crater on Moon named after Padma Bhushan awardee late Indian professor Sisir Kumar Mitra known for his work in the field of radio-physics among others. Image…