Who placed them there? Researchers find it difficult to clarify UFO-like items seen in 1950s astronomy images.
Palomar Observatory’s Survey Reveals Unexplained Astronomical Phenomena Between 1949 and 1958, the National Geographic Society carried out an extensive survey at California’s Palomar Observatory, capturing images of numerous celestial bodies. This project aimed to map the sky, providing astronomers with a tool akin to a road map, facilitating their search for faint objects that are […]
Mars may once have had an ocean with sandy beaches, radar data suggests | Astronomy
Mars may have once been home to sandy beaches, new underground invasion radar data suggests. Radar data from China's Zhurong Rover is buried under evidence of Mars' surface, which looks like sandy beaches from a large ocean coastline that may have existed long ago on the northern plains of Earth. has been revealed. The findings […]
‘Once in a lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away | Astronomy
In what has been called a “once-in-a-lifetime event,” light from a star’s thermonuclear explosion has been traveling toward Earth for thousands of years, and it’s unclear when it will appear on Earth. T Corona Borealis (also known as T Cor Bor, T CrB, and the Blaze Star) is as bright as the North Star in […]
Northern lights dazzle over UK and Europe | Astronomy
The Northern Lights are lighting up the night sky, creating a rare sight across the UK and Europe. The aurora borealis was spotted in Whitley Bay on the northeast coast. Essex; Cambridgeshire; and Wokingham in Berkshire. Kathleen Cnea, from Great Hawksley, Essex, said: “It was an absolutely amazing sight.” Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said […]