Moths flying into the light? No, they're stars near a giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way💫.

Of course, this is not happening in real time. This is a timelapse taken by the Telescope in Chile over a period of 20 years🔭

It is from this movement of stars that scientists were able to confirm the theory that there is a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy.

Solar prominences and Earth to scale ☀️

Astronomers have discovered a planet whose existence was previously thought impossible🤯

The discovery of the exoplanet LHS 3154b was announced in the journal Science.
The mass of LHS 3154b is 13 times greater than Earth's, and its star - a cold dwarf LHS 3154 - is nine times smaller than the Sun. According to current theory, the star would have to be at least 10 times larger to give birth to such a large planet.

A couple of times a year, the ISS orbit passes along the line separating day and night. At such times, the station is not in the Earth's shadow and the day on the station lasts longer than usual, while the Sun makes these circular movements over the Earth's surface.

1 hour of movement of all artificial satellites of the Earth

This is what a vertical landing looks like

On Monday, 8 April, it will be possible to observe a total solar eclipse on Earth. The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific and reach the Pacific coast of Mexico at about 11:07 a.m. local time. It will then be visible in the United States. The Moon's shadow will gradually move northwards until it reaches Canada.

Size comparison between Starship, Crew Dragon, Space Shuttle and Tesla Cybertruck

Animation of the Apophis asteroid approaching Earth on 13 April 2029.

The blue dots indicate satellites, the lilac line is the ISS orbit.

Apophis will pass from Earth at a distance of only 1/10 the distance to the Moon. The size of the rock is estimated to be between 270 and 340 metres. Previously, astronomers were quite high on the chances of Apophis colliding with Earth, but after more accurate calculations and clarification of the asteroid's orbit, it became clear that the collision will not happen

"Voyager-2" became the second farthest from the Earth, overtaking the "Pioneer-10" 🛰

In early April 2024, the Voyager 2 spacecraft overtook the Pioneer 10 probe to become the second most distant human-made object from Earth. The first place keeps the twin brother of Voyager-2 - automatic interplanetary station Voyager-1.

According to the Heavens-above portal, as of April 4, 2024, Voyager-2 is 136.214 astronomical units (or 20.377 billion kilometres) away from Earth, while Pioneer-10 is 136.193 astronomical units (20.374 billion kilometres) away.

"Pioneer 10", which was launched in 1972 (five years earlier than "Voyager 2") became the first spacecraft in history to cross the asteroid belt and perform a flyby of Jupiter. Communication with the probe was lost in early 2003.

"Voyager-2", which flew near all the giant planets of the solar system, still works and sends scientific data to Earth.

Mars and its large volcanoes in the Mars Express footage 🛰

The transit of Phobos can be seen below left.

How fast does sunlight reach the planets

First-person re-entry🤯

A video clip (with sound) showing the key moments of re-entry and landing of the Varda Space capsule.

Jupiter is the only planet in the solar system that does not revolve around the sun.
Jupiter does not revolve around the sun, but around an empty point in the space between it and the sun. This point is called the barycentre. This is because not only does the Sun exert an influence on Jupiter, but Jupiter, due to its impressive mass, exerts a gravitational influence on the Sun.

Scientists have found alien life with a high probability. Now exoplanet K2-18b is the main contender for the presence of extraterrestrial life.

- James Webb's half a billion dollar telescope is now actively studying the planet.
- On K2-18b have already found signs of life - gas, which on Earth emits only plankton.
- So it's likely to have a water ocean and a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
- Planet K2-18b is 2 times larger and 8 times heavier than Earth, and the year lasts 33 days.
- The super-Earth is 120 light years away from Earth - that's very close on an astronomical scale.
- If scientists confirm signs of life, we could be in for the biggest discovery in history

If you photograph the Sun at the same time from the same angle during the year, its location in the sky will always be different.

The path described by the Sun during the year has the shape of a figure eight. This phenomenon is called analemma.

The highest position of the Sun on analemma corresponds to the summer solstice, the lowest - the winter solstice. Position in the middle of the "eight" sun takes twice a year, in mid-April and at the end of August.

Pluto's icy mountains and plains captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015 ❄️

The spacecraft was about 18,000 kilometres away from Pluto, about 15 minutes after its maximum approach to the dwarf planet.