Secrets of space 2024, November

The sperm-like object dangled above the surface of the Sun for a while, and then flew into space. Some suggested that this is an alien ship, fueled by plasma from the Sun. Others believed that telescopes captured the birth of a new planet

Since school, we know that all planets have orbits in the same plane, called the plane of the ecliptic, and also that these orbits are circular, just like satellites that revolve around the planets

Scientists often say that anything can happen in an infinitely large universe. However, observations, calculations and simulations show that in star systems, the planets always revolve around the star in the same plane and in the same direction

An ancient space storm could have shaped our solar system. This unexpected conclusion was reached by experts from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado. Some time after the planets took their true shape, a series of resonant shocks between the giant planets knocked them out of their usual orbits, forcing them to “wander” around the system for some time. Acc

Humanity has not yet discovered traces of life outside the Earth. Today, we still do not have technologies that would allow us to accurately detect living organisms or plants on distant planets

Ever since the first humans turned their gaze to the sky, to planets, stars and galaxies beyond our homeworld, our imaginations have been filled with the possibility of finding extraterrestrial life

Man has always sought to find someone in the Universe who could share his existential loneliness. Despite the fact that modern telescopes are able to look into even the most distant corners of the Universe, we have not found any hints of even the simplest life

Data from the Kepler and GAIA telescopes helped planetary scientists understand that almost every tenth star similar to the Sun is found almost complete analogs of the Earth

Dreams of other sentient beings have always haunted us. So far, no trace of it has been found. Searches for extraterrestrial life using a variety of techniques do not yield results. If we can, what are the chances of finding someone similar to us?

According to the ideas of the ancient Egyptians, people at birth are endowed with BA - "Soul" and KA - "Double"

The Hubble Orbital Observatory helped planetary scientists prove that at least three planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system have a "normal" atmosphere and significant water reserves, making them prime candidates for the role of a refuge for extraterrestrial life

For many decades, humanity has been arguing whether we are alone in the Universe or not, whether it is possible to transport people to another planet in the distant future, or is it a pipe fantasy. The Americans have already promised to land their astronaut on Mars

Scientists have built a computer model and found that on a terrestrial planet, which revolves around a system of two stars, conditions for the origin of life may well develop

Astrophysicists are sure: there are tunnels in space through which you can travel to other universes and even to other times. Presumably, they formed when the universe was just being born

Of all the places we have ever looked at in the universe, only Earth has provided us with evidence for the existence of life. But why?

The Fukang meteorite was discovered in China. It belongs to a class of stony-iron meteorite known as pallasite. It can be identified by fragments of olivine crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix

How many planets are there in our universe? Billions of billions … And why then do most people think that we are the only intelligent beings among countless planets? Most people consider the possibility of the existence of alien beings in an infinite universe as fantasy.T

Scientists have published a summary of the results of the first phase of the study of the object 2014 MU69, also known as Ultima Thule. This is the first medium-sized Kuiper belt body near which a research probe flew. The researchers managed to collect data on the presence of satellites and rings, measure the optical and geological parameters of the body, as well as estimate its age and put forward a theory of its origin

Using the world's largest VLT telescope, scientists have obtained detailed data on the exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. It turned out that the distant world is covered by clouds of iron and silicates and is engulfed in an all-planetary storm

Let me ask you a question about what an alien should look like, and I bet you answer: "Well, green, short, thin and with huge black eyes." Who came up with this? Why exactly green and not red or purple?

Foreword by Boris Stern We have long planned to hold a discussion related to the eternal question of the place of man in the Universe. This, of course, is about extraterrestrial life and planets from other stars. At the moment, a little less than 6 thousand are known

Scientists at Leiden University in the Netherlands have found that there may be billions of wandering planets in the Milky Way - celestial bodies that have a large mass, have a spherical shape, but are not gravitationally tied to any star

American scientists have come to the conclusion that the potential ninth planet of the solar system, known as planet X, is 5-10 times heavier than Earth, that is, it belongs to the class of super-earths, and not gas giants, as was previously thought

If the data collected allows high-quality climate models of the Earth to be built, they can be applied to the study of the ancient climate of Mars and other rocky worlds

Such is the child's question: why do planets and stars rotate? But who will tell and describe in detail the mechanism itself? In astronomy, there are only assumptions:- Salik.bizThe explanation is vague: the inertia of the initial spin of protoplanets or gas masses of future stars, which turned into the rotation of the planets themselves

Scientists are penetrating deeper and deeper into space, discovering not even new stars, but new planets. Most recently, the planetary system of the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, was described. And now, now new information

We don't know exactly how the moon came about. According to a popular hypothesis, a long time ago, the Earth collided with a planet the size of Mars, and our satellite was formed from the debris. Only here something does not add up

Scientists at the University of Durham (UK) have obtained evidence that several billion years ago, an unknown planet twice the size of the Earth collided with Uranus

While astrobiologists continue to doubt the habitability of planets in systems of double stars, life may well arise on their natural satellites - the so-called ex-moons, if they revolve around their planets within their zo

Astronomers have discovered the "most distant from the center of the solar system" planet, which turned out to be pink, spherical and small (dwarf)

Astronomers have created a model linking the rate at which some planets are losing their atmosphere to various external factors

Despite its many problems and flaws, the Earth is still a wonderful place. Just think about it: colorful sunsets, warm ocean breezes, dogs, Doritos corn chips - how many delights

More than 300,000 plant species have been described on Earth

Astronomers call the discovered planet Super Earth. Barnard's Star is 6 light years away. Quite a bit by cosmic standards. The Centauri system, of course, is closer to - only 4 light years away

Maybe they are not our alien counterparts and do not look like us like two peas

In 1975 he said: “In the infinite space of space, there can be many civilizations, among which there may be more intelligent and more perfect than ours

Systems in the early stages of formation experience the greatest number of impacts due to the presence of a huge number of embryos in unstable orbits. Will we be able to consider these processes and reveal the past of the Earth?

The discovery raises new questions about the migration of gas giants, as well as their formation at the margins of planetary systems

A scientific article titled "Geophysical Definition of Planets" argues that the definition of a planet needs revision

Extraterrestrial life can be purple, and not green at all, how is it firmly rooted in our consciousness?