Uncharted Space

NASA has revealed a new image of the centre of the Milky Way It has been compiled from 370 images taken during observations over the past 20 years.

There is no sound in space because there is no air in which sound waves propagate.

What is a protuberance in simple terms A protuberance is a giant fountain of glowing gas that is raised and held above the surface of the Sun by a magnetic field.

Pole Inversion. What is this, when will it happen? This means that the poles will be reversed. There is an opinion that the magnetic field could be very badly affected or disappear altogether because of the pole reversal. And if it disappears, solar radiation will simply kill us. Today, science knows that inversions have occurred hundreds of times. Such inversions occur on average once every 200,000-250,000 years. But the most recent inversion was 780,000 years ago. Such a delay is cause for alarm. Maybe the pole shift is about to happen. No one can give an exact prediction of when it will happen. Inversions of the Earth's magnetic field many years ago may have been the cause of mass extinctions.

Planet Ocean Exoplanet GJ 1214b is about 42 light years away. Astronomers believe its oceans may be as deep as 1,600 kilometres.

The heaviest and brightest star in the Universe The most massive star known to us is the blue hypergiant R136a1. Its mass is 256 solar and it emits 10 million times more light into space than our Sun.

The heaviest and brightest star in the Universe The most massive star known to us is the blue hypergiant R136a1. Its mass is 256 solar and it emits 10 million times more light into space than our Sun.

The youngest planet in the universe According to experts from the Institute of Astronomy, it is a Planet exceeding the mass of Jupiter by about 10 times. It orbits the star TW Hydrae, located in the constellation Hydra at a distance of about 182 light years from Earth. By cosmic standards, TW Hydrae is a young star.

At what speed are we moving in the universe? In three-dimensional space we also move towards the Hydra constellation at about 2 million kilometers per hour, and towards the Virgo constellation also at about half this speed! Generally speaking, adding up all these motion vectors, our galaxy is moving in the universe at a speed of 3.6 million kilometers per hour.

Proof of a parallel Universe? Scientists have discovered a billion and a half kilometers wide void in space, which they believe could be a parallel universe. There is no substance in this void, and it is 40 times larger than the largest void previously recorded. But nevertheless, even with the most powerful telescope, this huge field is not so easy to notice. Simply because it is too small by the general standards of space and time.