At a distance of several thousand light years from the Earth, in deep space, such things are happening that the human mind cannot yet fully comprehend.
Dark energy
In 1998, NASA scientists using the Hubble Telescope determined that the universe was actually expanding much faster than previously thought. Astronomers have come to the conclusion that interstellar space is almost 70% filled with some kind of "energy fluid".
The study of this "filler" allowed scientists to conclude that the constantly expanding space in some incomprehensible way generates its own energy, which accelerates this very process of expansion. The nature of the origin of dark energy has not yet been studied. We only know that she is completely invisible.
And since 70% of space is filled with it, another 25% with dark matter, it turns out that 95% of the Universe for humanity is still a "dark forest". Here's a pun. If we try to realize the fact that we do not know practically anything about space, it becomes somehow uncomfortable …
Great center of gravityEach of us has ever had a nightmare about a terrible trap from which it is impossible to get out. In fact, we live in this nightmare: the Milky Way and other galaxies at a speed of 2.2 million kilometers per hour are approaching a region of space about which we know absolutely nothing. It is only known that there is something with a monstrous gravity. Scientists called this area the Great Center of Gravity. Hundreds of astronomers believe that it is in this place that sooner or later all stars, planets and other space objects find their destruction. It is impossible to discern at least something in this area even with the help of modern telescopes, since the Great Center of Gravity is hidden from our eyes by millions of stars and huge clouds of cosmic dust. Scientists jokingly call him a "space serial killer"who drags his victims into a van with dirty windows through which it is impossible to see what is happening inside.
Star KIC 8462852Modern scientists are looking for new objects in space like this: they measure the amount of light that comes from a star, and if a planet rushes by, then the brightness of the radiation decreases. The frequency and duration of the decrease in the intensity of stellar radiation allows us to draw hypothetical conclusions about the nature of the planet. The star KIC 8462852 is located in the constellation Cygnus, about 1400 light-years from Earth. From time to time it fades by more than 20%. This fact can only be explained by the fact that it is obscured by a planet passing in its orbit. American physicist Freeman Dyson in the 60s suggested that this could be caused by the construction of a serious orbital structure by some intelligent creatures. According to his hypothesis, the aliens put a swarm of satellites into orbit of their planet to absorb light,emitted by a star. Of course, there is no exact evidence of the veracity of this guess, but everything can be. Moreover, Dyson, in his studies, quite clearly puts everything on the shelves. Most of his colleagues believe that such a phenomenon is still not associated with orbital technology built by aliens - the reason for the systematic dimming of the star is most likely a cluster of asteroids and comet remnants.
Supervoid Eridanus For the first time, astronomers started talking about supervoid in the constellation Eridanus after they began to study the cosmic microwave background. In the course of those studies, a huge area of outer space was discovered (about one billion light years in diameter), inside which there is practically no dark matter and energy. It is quite possible that humanity is faced with some kind of "door" to a parallel Universe, since according to the existing theory, there is no absolute void in space.
Zombie starsThis is, of course, a joke name for a special kind of stars, but they actually exist. After a supernova explosion, some white dwarfs survive. They pull hydrogen from nearby stars and continue to glow quite brightly for a while. The powerful X-ray radiation is very similar to the "scream" that zombie stars emit, "devouring" their neighbors. These cosmic "living dead" do not pose any danger to the life of earthlings - having reached a critical mass, they explode and disappear forever. IVANOV ANDREY
