The Most Amazing Photograph of Saturn Ever
The most stunningly detailed image of Saturn has been released. From on board the Cassini spacecraft 36 images were taken of Saturn and it's famous rings. The cameras used red, blue, and green filters to capture the true colors as best as possible and took a total of twelve photos using each filter.
A ten-year-old boy has discovered a 600 million year-old supernova
10-year old Canadian Nathan Gray discovered a supernova on 31 October 2013, after scanning through images taken the night before. He may now beat his sister to the title of youngest-ever supernova discoverer, as she discovered her first supernova at the age of 10 in January 2011 - he is 33 days younger than she was when she made her discovery.
Hubble Spots Odd Asteroid With Six Tails
Silly asteroid, tails are for comets! Around five months ago, an asteroid called P/2013 P5 was seen to be kicking off dust, making it look like it had a tail like a comet. Use of more detailed imaging would show that the asteroid actually has an unprecedented six tails.
In August, researchers had noticed P/2013 P5, an asteroid with a nucleus 1400 feet (427 meters) long, looked somewhat blurred through the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS). Traditionally, asteroids appear as a sharp point of light, and this anomaly piqued the curiosity of the researchers. They figured that it might have begun rotating extremely quickly, causing it to kick off some of its surface dust and look like a comet.
In August, researchers had noticed P/2013 P5, an asteroid with a nucleus 1400 feet (427 meters) long, looked somewhat blurred through the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS). Traditionally, asteroids appear as a sharp point of light, and this anomaly piqued the curiosity of the researchers. They figured that it might have begun rotating extremely quickly, causing it to kick off some of its surface dust and look like a comet.
Big Bang & Birth of the Earth
About 15 BIllion years in less than 5 minutes
About 15 BIllion years in less than 5 minutes