The Top 7 Astronomical Discoveries In The Last 30 Years

[TheNikster]

This is going to be the TOP SEVEN amazing astronomical things discovered in the last thirty years.

NUMBER ONE: Large Magellanic Cloud Supernova - 1987

This supernova was detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud, but happened in one of the nearest galaxies close to us. This particular supernova could be seen without a telescope and with the human eye! It has been four-hundred years since the last visible supernova (Wish I could have saw it)!

NUMBER TWO: Gaspra - 1991

Galileo (the spacecraft) had obtained first up-close pictures of the asteroid "Gaspra". The pictures of the asteroid showed craters and cracks on the asteroid.

NUMBER THREE: Shoemaker-Levy 9 Strikes Jupiter - 1994

EIGHT-TEEN fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 had struck Jupiter. It would've been a full comet if the tides of Jupiter didn't break it into eight-teen pieces. All eight-teen fragments were producing 'fireballs' because of their high-speed impact. They also made new cloud features.

NUMBER FOUR: Planets Orbiting Stars - 1995

Astronomers working in USA and Switzerland found that there are planets like ours orbiting other stars that look like our Sun!

NUMBER FIVE: Fossil Life in a Martian Meteorite - 1996

A meteorite was blasted from Mars into space by an asteroidal impact! The meteorite was found and astronomers found it contains fossil traces of biological activities and what looks to be life- like structures!

NUMBER SIX: Gamma Ray Bursts - 1998

The gamma rays have been proven to have been originated in other distant galaxies, not our own galaxy. This has made the mystery of their origin and power still undefined and the mystery is deepened!

NUMBER SEVEN: Mars Has Water? - 2002

A spacecraft that has been orbiting Mars has suggested large ice lies under the surface of Mars!

Thanks for reading! I hope you learned something! I love all your feedback and suggestions for more myTakes! Thanks again!

[Quintessence]

Number 1 is awesome--scary, but awesome. Is there any speculation as to whether it'll become a black hole?
Number 4: There are over an estimated 11 BILLION of these Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars in OUR GALAXY ALONE. We may very well have some alien neighbours within communication distance.
Number 5 & 7: All the more reason to believe that we are not alone. :D

[TheNikster]

I agree!!

[Nik1hil]

Number 4: First we need to figure out a way to travel fast and escape Ort cloud.. if we are interested in saying "Hi" to our neighbors..

[DarkBlack9]

I think I've seen that supernova. The fossils in the meteorite was amazing! Dude, write a myTake about galaxies and strange planets like Kepler 16 B etc. This one was interesting!

[CubsterShura]

Amazing! How many light years away was the Supernova away from us?

[TheNikster]

Looked it up and seen it said like around 50000 parsecs away. That's 160000 light years.

[CubsterShura]

So that's how many years in last we've seen.

[CubsterShura]

I'm past*

[CubsterShura]

In past* ugh sorry

[TheNikster]

I suppose.

[TheNikster]

Not much of a Science wizard lol.

[Helena26]

They didn't discover my globes yet. OK sorry😂i couldn't help it I am a very dirty girl

[NerdyGuyV]

I think number 6 is underrated.. Regardless, whole of the list makes me super excited!

[TripleAce]

cool... fun read
would of been great to add in a little more for each... but great

[Whatthefluff]

Nice job once again!

[TheNikster]

Thanks so much!!!

[Whatthefluff]

Of course :)

[TheNikster]

You're very nice! <3

[Whatthefluff]

Thank you

[sedrftvgyhujik]

and hopefully a colony on mars soon thanks to musk

[ArabianPwincess197]

Sounds interesting, nice take

[Likes2drive]

As usual another good mytake of our universe 👍

[Franitz]

Number four ended being false.

[Franitz]

WOOPS I meant number FIVE.

[CT_CD]

Amazing!!!

[Tohru]

Interesting

[Anonymous]

Awesome take!

[cupidkisses]

very interesting

[Jimbob995]

Amazing