What was discovered in space 2020?
2020 was a wild year. Astronomers kicked it off with the discovery of a distant galaxy group. Closer to home, they saw the Milky Way doing the wave and confirmed geologic activity on Mars. The star Betelgeuse underwent a strange and striking dimming event, while naked-eye Comet NEOWISE took our breath away.
What is the latest discovery of NASA?
'Nasa Discovery' – 101 News Result(s)
- Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Discovered by Kepler Telescope 17,000 Light-Years Away. …
- Astronomers Witness Mysterious Death of a Star Emitting 6 Rings of Smoke. …
- NASA Confirms Existence of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets Beyond Our Solar System.
What was discovered in space in 2021?
This year, researchers discovered the first known moon-forming disk around a planet outside the solar system. The primordial ring of material swims in the space around a Jupiter-like exoplanet called PDS 70c. Along with a companion fetal planet, PDS 70c, are still in the early stages of formation.
What is NASA’s biggest discovery?
NASA's Biggest 2021 Milestones
- NASA's Perseverance rover drilled, extracted, and sealed its first rock core into its sampling tube on Mars. …
- Ingenuity became the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, and recently completed more than 30 minutes of cumulative flight time.
Where is Voyager 1 now?
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is currently over 14.1 billion miles from Earth. It's moving at a speed of approximately 38,000 miles per hour and not long ago passed through our solar system's boundary with interstellar space.
Who discovered black hole?
British astronomers Louise Webster and Paul Murdin at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Thomas Bolton, a student at the University of Toronto, independently announced the discovery of a massive but invisible object in orbit around a blue star over 6,000 light-years away.
What planet can we live on?
Earth Earth. Earth—our home planet—is the only place we know of so far that's inhabited by living things. It's also the only planet in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
What recent discoveries have been made on Mars?
The rover has found new evidence for ancient hot magma and abundant water. It has also discovered ancient organic molecules, the sorts of molecules found in all living things, still preserved in rocks and dust.
Is planet 9 confirmed?
WHY IT MATTERS — Although its existence has not been proven yet, direct detection of a ninth planet would be the first discovery of a new planet orbiting the Solar System in two centuries. But so far, its detection has proven a little tricky.