25 Recent Space Discoveries That Blew Our Minds

the true voyage of discovery is not about seeking new landscapes but about having new eyes Marcel Proust I'm Mike with lists 25 and here are 25

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that left us speechless 25 Earth-like planets in 2013 astronomers confirmed the presence of 20 thousand million exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy alone, which are similar to Earth and therefore may contain life with billions of galaxies in the universe, that is, billions of billions of planets that can harbor life. 24 Pluto is not lost yet. Space lovers were devastated in 2006 when Pluto was demoted. From a planet to a dwarf planet Those who refused to accept their fate were rewarded in 2015 when the New Horizons

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craft passed by the chunk of ice and rock and revealed that it acts more like a true planet than a dwarf planet.

The probe discovered that Pluto has gravity. strong enough to retain its atmosphere and deflect charged particles from the solar wind 23 the collision of the golden stars the year 2013 was a fantastic year for astronomy astronomers also detected the collision of two stars that produced tons and tons of gold that They weighed many times the mass of our own moon 22 Martian tsunamis Scientists have

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ly published evidence that massive tsunamis may have shaken the Martian landscape, a discovery that surprised many in the space community. Researchers postulate that two meteorite impacts caused enormous tidal waves that would have produced 165 feet or 50 meter high waves 21 Earth's Godzilla Our planet is one of the largest rocky planets, but in 2014 scientists found a planet two times its size and 17 times heavier, although planets of this size were thought to be gas giants, this planet called Kepler- 10c is remarkably similar to ours and has been called the Godzilla of Earth 20 gravitational waves Albert Einstein declared his discovery of gravitational waves in 1916, almost a century before scientists confirmed their existence, the scientific world was excited by their discovery in 2015, which revealed that space-time could ripple in the same way that still water in a pond ripples.

When a rock is thrown at it 19 a volcanic moon forms mountains new research has revealed how mountains form on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, although mountains on Earth grow in long chains. The mountains of IOS are mostly lonely. The moon is so volcanically active that a five-inch layer of molten lava covers its surface every 10 years. By observing this rapid pace of eruption, scientists have concluded that the massive pressure on the iOS core causes fractures that head toward the surface to release pressure. New ring Astronomers have recently discovered a massive new ring around Saturn located between 6 and 18 million miles or between 3.7 and 11 point 1 million kilometers from the planet's surface.

The new ring rotates in the opposite direction to the other rings. The new ring is so finely dispersed that you couldn't tell if you were inside it even though a billion Earths could fit inside it since the ring is quite cold around negative 316 degrees Fahrenheit was recently discovered using an infrared telescope 17 Dying stars produce new life once the star burns up all the hydrogen in its core, expands many times its normal size, and as it expands it envelops and consumes nearby planets. Scientists have recently discovered that more distant planets could heat up and become in pockets of terrestrial life, in the case of our solar system.

The Sun will expand beyond the orbit of Mars. The warm conditions on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are sufficient for life to develop. The 16th oldest star in the universe, a few hundred million years old, is a rubbish change from the lifespan of the universe, which is 14 billion years old. The oldest star ever discovered. SMS j0 three one three zero zero point three six - six seven zero eight three nine point three is disconcertingly almost as old: thirteen point six billion years fifteen true oxygen and space oxygen is naturally a highly reactive gas that allows it to bind with other substances existing in space the discovery of molecular oxygen of the same type we breathe in the atmosphere of the infamous comet 67p deepens our understanding of cosmic gases and gives hope that oxygen can exist in a form that humans can use in others places in the universe 14 cosmic purgatory Astronomers have defined a new region of space discovered by the Voyager 1 probe as cosmic purgatory just outside the reach of the solar system.

This area has a magnetic field twice as strong to create a barrier to interstellar space. Charged particles emitted by the Sun were also observed. To slow down and even rotate 13 flags on the moon, all the Apollo missions that visited the moon left an American flag on our most famous satellite soil, although mainly ceremonial since by treaty no one can possessing the moon the flags were expected to have been reduced to bleached white pieces of nylon after years of cosmic radiation and bombardment, when the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter pointed its telescopes at the landing sites in 2012, it discovered that the flags were still shadows of what they were before, meaning the fabric was probably still intact 12 the hyperactive galaxy a starburst galaxy located 12.2 billion light years from Earth, the baby boom galaxy was discovered in 2008, the galaxy appropriately named takes the cake as the brightest starburst galaxy in the very distant universe thanks to its incredibly rapid star formation, while our Milky Way gives birth to a new star on average every 36 days, a new star is born every two hours in the baby-boom 11 the coldest place in the universe the coldest place in the universe is the boomerang nebula that registers almost no heat touching the lower rungs of the thermodynamic ladder almost at absolute zero the nebula shines blue and shines intensely due in the light reflecting off its dust 10 the shrinking icon Jupiter's iconic great red spot has been shrinking over the last century and is now only half its original width since we can see the planet it's basically a huge stream of swirling clouds, it is not surprising that the hurricane of a spot can change size even more strangely, although it is a line of waves just near the equator, although we are not sure what causes them, they look remarkably similar to the waves that it forms in the Earth's atmosphere just before cyclone 9 the smallest planet the smallest planet we have discovered so far was found in 2013 called Kepler 37 B the planet is a little larger than our moon but three times closer to its star that the Sun's mercury burns everything on its surface with a tepid temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit or 425 degrees Celsius eight stars dying prematurely in 2016 it was discovered that some stars in the robust star-forming region known as the Carina Nebula were dying prematurely About half of stars skip their red giant stage, cutting millions of years off the traditional life cycle of stars.

Although we are not sure what causes this effect, premature death has only been observed in stars rich in sodium or poor in oxygen 7 where we should look for life, we may not need to look for other planets for a future human base, but rather two moons, when it passes near Jupiter, the icy moon Europa spews 15,000 pounds or 6,800 kilograms of water per second from its cracked south pole. Scientists have recently discovered that a probe could relatively easily analyze the water contents before they fall back to the planet's surface; such studies could help us determine whether life exists or is possible on Europa 6, the massive diamond star a often referred to by its nickname Lucy Star BPM 3 7:09 3 is a white dwarf star located approximately 20 light years from Earth, the star is remarkable, basically a massive diamond the size of our Moon.

If appraised by jewelers, the diamond would be 10 Cillian carats. 5 the real ninth planet, although Pluto was demoted, that's a disaster. Scientists believe there may be a massive star. planet that orbits the Sun beyond Pluto Using mathematical laws, scientists have discovered that a planet as large as Neptune must be in orbit, although we are still looking to glimpse this elusive planet in search of a noisy void in September 2013. The NASA released audio recordings of plasma waves the first sounds ever recorded in interstellar space 3 the brightest supernova detected in 2015 killer 1/5 LH is the brightest supernova ever seen measuring more than 570 billion times the luminosity of our Sun even stranger scientists discovered that the supernova lit up for the second time about two months after its maximum brightness: an asteroid with rings, although it is common for massive gas giants to have ring systems in orbit, the rings are quite rare among others celestial bodies, scientists were fascinated to discover rings around the Georgia-sized asteroid Cherrick Low, the asteroid probably has two rings. of icy water that came from an earlier collision with the Alcoholic Comet Comet Lovejoy captured the imagination of astronomers and alcoholics in 2015.

While studying the fast-flying chunk of ice, scientists discovered that the comet ejected the same type of alcohol that We drink at the rate of 500 bottles of wine. per second it also spews out a simple sugar that makes us wonder if this comet is its own top-fermenting brewery. Enjoy our lists. Be sure to click the subscribe button in the top right corner so you don't miss out on new ones Monday through Friday. Share them with your friends and help us to constantly reconcile curiosity. If you want even more lists, check out these two videos here or just visit our website at list pond5.com.