Secrets of space 2024, November

On October 19, 2017, astronomers noticed a strange object flying through the solar system, which they described as "a red and very elongated asteroid."

In October 2017, a team of researchers using the Pan-STARRS telescope discovered the interstellar object Oumuamua. Our first interstellar guest turned out to be very strange and unlike anything we've seen before

The mysterious interstellar asteroid Oumuamua may be a device with a giant solar sail, which was sent by an extraterrestrial civilization to search for life in other systems

There are many intriguing hypotheses about the asteroid Oumuamua, discovered by astronomers at the Hawaiian Observatory in October 2017. Oumuamua is considered the first discovered interstellar object passing through the solar system

“If we understand correctly, there could be low mass stars with a composition exclusively from the Big Bang,” says astrophysicist Kevin Schlaufman of Johns Hopkins University

The object, which quite serious scientists call a spacecraft, could start from the constellation Cetus

"Listening" was organized to prove that the "first interstellar asteroid" is a man-made object

During its existence, our planet has collided with asteroids and comets countless times. During her youth, this happened often and often had disastrous consequences

NASA uses an asteroid flyby to test the Earth's warning system for approaching space objects Recall that today in the morning, a small asteroid passed at a distance of 43 800 kilometers over Antarctica

The Hubble Orbital Observatory received the first photographs of the comet from the most distant approaches to the solar system, approaching the Sun for the first time in its entire history, the space telescope website reports

Astronomers using the PanSTARRS1 telescope in Hawaii have discovered an unusual space object. According to scientists, presumably it may be a comet that does not revolve around the Sun

The metamorphoses of the space body located between Mars and Jupiter were detected by the Hubble telescope Comet 288P - so recently was the name of an object discovered in November 2006 thanks to the Spacewatch and Pan-STARRS programs

American astronomers have discovered the first candidates for exo-comets - comets outside the solar system. A related study is available on the arXiv website

American scientists issued a warning that the upcoming collision of the comet Sphita-Tuttle with Jupiter will lead to the death of all life on Earth

Scientists conduct research using observation, experimentation and simulation techniques

65 million years ago, an asteroid 10-15 kilometers long, moving at a speed of 57 to 115 thousand km / h, crashed into the Earth

June 30 - International Day of the Asteroid. This is - a new international day, which was proclaimed at the UN General Assembly last December. On this day 109 years ago, the Tunguska meteorite fell in Siberia, which led to a big explosion

The threat to life will fly from space During its more than four billion years of history, the Earth has repeatedly collided with asteroids and other celestial bodies

The opinion of an astrophysicist: our civilization can be destroyed by the comet Swift-Tuttle, which over the past weekend intensively showered the Earth with Perseid meteors. On the night of August 12-13, 2017, the Perseid meteor shower reached its maximum

People in all ages were frightened by "hairy stars" (as the word "comet" is translated from Greek), considering them to be harbingers of misfortune. We now know for sure that their fears were not unfounded

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown stream of debris from Comet Encke. In 2022, and later - in 2025, 2032 and 2039, our planet is at increased risk of collision with celestial bodies of asteroid size

New research reports that the biggest threat posed by an asteroid falling to earth is - not the impact itself, but the shock wave that it will produce upon entering the atmosphere

Just a few years ago the proposition of the gradual transition of a grain of matter into a particle of life might seem as unsubstantiated, albeit promising, as the first arguments of Darwin or Lamarck about transformism. But a lot is changing now

Sooner or later, the Earth will again collide with a fairly large asteroid. This can cause a powerful shock or heat wave, earthquakes, fires and tsunamis … Scientists have estimated which of the consequences of the impact of a celestial body is more dangerous than others

Wishing to know the past, mankind has relied on archeology for many centuries. But not everything can be explored through excavation. In addition, it is sometimes difficult to study an object without causing damage

135 years ago, on May 17, 1882, a total solar eclipse took place on Earth. It was witnessed by the inhabitants of Asia and Africa. When the Moon completely covered the solar disk, the observers saw something completely unexpected - comet

Starry sky on a warm summer night - an entertaining sight. We are used to thinking of space as something unknown and at the same time attractive, even alluring

The Heavenly Wanderer will be visible through binoculars. The Moscow Planetarium announces: “On June 4, 2017, comet C / 2015 V2 (Johnson) will pass at a distance of 121,325,600 km (0.811 AU) from Earth

Elenin's comet is "carrying" an alien civilization with it! "; “A comet will cause natural disasters on Earth!”; “Alien invaders are hiding behind a comet!”; “Russians are preparing to receive guests from space

Reflections of an amateur about the quite obvious underpinnings of the "Stakhanov" pace of astronomical discoveries Russian media reported quite routine, at first glance, information interesting only to narrow specialists: With the help of the new optical telescope AZT-33V

Scientists believe that a star flying to the Sun will pass very close In 1.35 million years, a star will fly near the Sun, sending many comets to the Earth and other planets

As part of the NEOWISE astronomical project in outer space, two comets were discovered at once, approaching our planet - - reports the official website of the United States National Aerospace Agency

Polish astronomers have found that in about a million years, the star Gliese 710 will pass dangerously close to the solar system, which could cause the bombardment of the Earth by comets from the Oort cloud and lead to a global catastrophe

Gliese 710 will become not only the brightest, but also the most dangerous star in the earth's sky

If the Earth is in the path of a giant asteroid, can we save our planet? And How? Here are three scientists' views on what we can really do. Earth is constantly being bombarded from space

There are "unusual" comets, the properties of which do not fit into the "reasonable", from the point of view of modern science, framework. One such comet was discovered in 1956 and named after its discoverers comet Arenda-Roland

We will not see the legendary celestial body C / 2010 X1 (Elenin) on October 16, as astronomers promised. Elenin's comet, which has already become a legend, collapsed without bringing aliens on its tail. And many hoped so

The question of the connection between meteorites and comets with the subtle world is still largely controversial. Popular beliefs and myths speak about such a connection with confidence

What is the comet "Lulin", which shone for us with green light especially brightly on February 24?

There are many different cosmic catastrophes that can condemn us, not caring at all about what is happening on Earth. A star can penetrate the solar system and swallow our planet, or knock us out of orbit into the permafrost