Top 9 Discoveries in Space Exploration

Zee Media Bureau
Jul 17, 2024

Dark Matter

Zwicky discovered dark matter when he realized that the stars in the Coma cluster provided only 1 percent of the mass required to keep galaxies from escaping

The Universe's Expansion (1929)

Edwin Hubble's observations revealed the universe is expanding, challenging our understanding of the cosmos

Gravitational Waves (2015)

LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) confirmed Einstein's theory by detecting gravitational waves

Solar System's Edge (2012)

The Boundary of Our Solar System, NASA's Voyager 1 reached the heliopause, the edge of our solar system

Black Holes (1971)

The discovery of black holes has revealed the universe's most extreme objects, warping space-time

The Big Bang's Echo (1964)

Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson detected the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the residual heat from the Big Bang

Dark Energy (1998)

Dark energy, a force driving the expansion of the universe, has been discovered by scientists

Exoplanets (1992)

In 1992 discovery of exoplanets revealed thousands of worlds beyond our own, potentially hosting life

Water on Mars (2015)

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected evidence of liquid water on Mars, a crucial ingredient for human survive

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