The strangest objects in the universe that science can’t explain

Without a doubt, the universe is a strange territory, there our planet represents a small fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found in the cosmos, and every day astronomers discover new surprises.

Both NASA and other aerospace agencies have submitted images of unexplained or about to be unexplained elements.

Here are some of the anomalies discovered so far.

mysterious radio signals

Since 2007, researchers have been receiving ultra-bright, ultra-fast radio signals that last just a few milliseconds.

These enigmatic bursts have been called fast radio bursts. (FRB), and appear to come from billions of light-years away. Scientists recently managed to capture a repeating FRB, which flashed six times in a row, the second such signal ever seen and could help them unravel this mystery.

nuclear paste

It is the strongest substance in the universe is formed from the remains of a star died. According to simulations, the protons and neutrons in a star’s rough shell can be subjected to insane gravitational pressure, squeezing them into lingu-like tangles of material that would break, but only if a force 10 billion times as strong were applied to them. crush steel.

haumea has rings

The dwarf planet Haumea, which orbits in the Kuiper belt, beyond Neptune, is already unusual.

It has a strange elongated shape, two moons and a day that lasts only 4 hours, making it the fastest rotating large object in the solar system.

However, in 2017, Haumea got even stranger when astronomers saw it fly past a star. and they observed extremely thin rings orbiting it, probably the result of a collision that occurred in the distant past.

a moon with a moon

What’s better than a moon? A moon orbiting another moon, which has been given a name lunar moon.

Also known as submoons, moonitos, grandmoons, moonettes Y mooooons, lunar moons are still only theoretical, but recent calculations suggest that nothing is impossible regarding their formation. Maybe one day astronomers will discover one.

A galaxy without dark matter

Dark matter — the unknown substance that makes up 85 percent of all matter in the universe — is weird.

However, researchers are sure of at least one thing: dark matter is everywhere. Because of this, team members were surprised by a strange galaxy they spotted in March 2018 that appeared to contain very little dark matter.

Subsequent work has suggested that the celestial oddity did indeed contain dark matter, although the discovery has paradoxically lent credence to an alternative theory which postulates that dark matter does not exist at all. Come on, astronomers.

the strangest star

When Louisiana State University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian and her colleagues first saw the star known as KIC 846285, they were perplexed.

Dubbed Tabby’s Star, the object dimmed at irregular intervals and for strange periods of time, sometimes by as much as 22%.

Various theories have been considered, including the possibility of an alien megastructure, but today most researchers believe the star is surrounded by an anomalous dust ring which causes darkening.