Intergalactic Phenomena | Our Vast and Ancient Universe

Intergalactic Phenomena: Our Vast and Ancient Universe

The universe is massive and expanding at an accelerated rate. There’s only so much humanity can expect to uncover in a single lifetime, hopefully passing on the knowledge to future generations. We’ve seen so many mysterious phenomena already, but who knows what else is out there.

TESS Observes Star Shredding Black Hole

by Sebastian | Oct 3, 2019 | Black Holes, NASA

On September 26, 2019, NASA reported that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Mission, mankind’s premier planet hunter, recently observed the initial bursts of a tidal disruption event, a world first in the history of our civilization. This cosmic...

Supernova 1987a

by Sebastian | Jun 12, 2019 | Phenomenon, Supernovae

Supernova 1987a, also known by its designation SN1987A, is a type II supernova that occurred in the Large Magellanic Cloud some 168,000 light-years away from Earth. The light from 1987a reached Earth on February 23, 1987, becoming the first discovered supernova of the...

The Wow! Signal

by Sebastian | May 4, 2019 | Mysteries, Phenomenon

May the 4th be with you! On May 25, 1977, Star Wars: A New Hope hit theaters, forever changing the world of cinema. Months later in that same year, an astronomer named Jerry R. Ehman made a curious observation that's puzzled the scientific community to this day. At...

The Boötes Void

by Sebastian | Apr 20, 2019 | Intergalactic Phenomenon, Mysteries

The Boötes Void is a massive spherical region in space approximately 330 million light-years in diameter (accounting for 0.27% of the diameter of the entire Universe) composed of empty space. Also called “The Great Nothing,” this mysterious region resides in the...

Event Horizon Telescope Releases First Image of a Black Hole

by Sebastian | Apr 10, 2019 | Black Holes, News

In a coordinated press conference held around the world, researchers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a globe-spanning array consisting of eight ground-based radio telescopes, announced the first ever successful direct imaging of a supermassive black hole. A...

Fermi Paradox: Dark Forest Theory

by Sebastian | Apr 3, 2019 | Mysteries, SETI

The Dark Forest Theory is a possible explanation for the Fermi Paradox, albeit a darker and unappealing possibility. The Fermi Paradox, named after physicist Enrico Fermi who conceived the idea, poses a simple yet dauntingly perplexing premise:1) If there are...

European Southern Observatory Announces “Ground Breaking” Results

by Sebastian | Apr 1, 2019 | Black Holes, ESA, News

The European Space Observatory (ESO) announced today that the European Commission, the European Research Council, and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project will hold a press conference…

Cannonball Pulsar Detected Blazing Through Space

by Sebastian | Mar 20, 2019 | NASA, Pulsar

On March 19, 2019, NASA announced that astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Very Large Array discovered a “Cannonball” pulsar on a swift trajectory, blazing through the Milky Way at 2.5 million miles per hour, five times faster than the...

NASA’s TESS Reveals New Exoplanets, Distant Supernovae

by Sebastian | Jan 8, 2019 | Exoplanets, Intergalactic Phenomenon

After almost a year since launch, the first of many discoveries of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have been revealed. Launched into orbit on April 18, 2018, TESS began its mission to survey the skies with advanced equipment to find what other...