Atlas, Author at SPACEOPEDIA

China Releases First Close-Up Photo of Earth’s Strange Quasi-Moon

Earth has the Moon. But it also has something much smaller, stranger, and far less famous travelling near it. China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has returned the first close-up image of asteroid…

Atlas 07/07/2026

Space News

ESO Warns One Million Satellites Could Threaten the Night Sky

The night sky may be heading toward a very strange future. Not because of aliens. Not because Betelgeuse is about to explode for the 900th time according to someone’s Facebook…

Atlas 04/07/2026

Solar System

ESA Spacecraft Reaches Orbit to Watch Earth’s Invisible Shield

Earth is not just floating naked through space. Thankfully. Our planet is surrounded by an invisible protective bubble called the magnetosphere. It is created by Earth’s magnetic field and helps…

Atlas 02/07/2026

Space News

James Webb Finds Clues to How a Planet Survived the Death of Its Star

A planet should not be there. That is the awkward little problem astronomers are dealing with after NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope studied a strange world called WD 1856 b.…

Atlas 02/07/2026

Space News

James Webb Spots Six Galaxies Merging Into a Giant Galaxy

The James Webb Space Telescope has just caught something extraordinary in the early universe: at least six galaxies packed together and merging into what may become one of the largest…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Solar System

How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?

There are eight official planets in the Solar System. They are divided into two main groups: Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Solar System

Why Is the Moon Moving Away From Earth?

The Moon looks like it has always been there. Every night, it rises above Earth like a familiar old companion. It controls the tides, lights up the night sky, appears…

Atlas 26/06/2026

Black Holes

What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole?

Black holes are often described as cosmic monsters. They swallow stars, bend light, distort time, and sit in space like invisible traps where gravity has gone completely feral. But one…

Atlas 22/06/2026

Space News

James Webb Finds Salt Clouds on the Pink Planet

The James Webb Space Telescope has just looked at one of the strangest worlds near our Solar System and found something unexpected in its atmosphere. Salt clouds. Yes, actual salty…

Atlas 21/06/2026

Solar System

How Far Is the Moon From Earth?

The Moon looks close. It hangs above us like a bright white coin in the sky. Sometimes it looks huge near the horizon. Sometimes it feels so familiar that it…

Atlas 20/06/2026

Solar System

Why Is Space Dark If the Sun Is So Bright?

Credit: ESA Space is full of stars. Our own Sun is so bright that you cannot safely look at it directly. It lights up Earth, warms the planet, powers weather,…

Atlas 20/06/2026

Black Holes

What Is a Black Hole? A Simple Explanation That Actually Makes Sense

A black hole is one of the strangest objects in the universe. It is not a hole in space. It is not a cosmic vacuum cleaner flying around swallowing everything…

Atlas 20/06/2026

Astronomy Explained

Are Space Photos Real, Or Are They Edited?

Space photos are some of the most beautiful images humanity has ever produced. Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that depicts elephant trunks of…

Atlas 12/06/2026