12 of the Weirdest and Most Mysterious Space Revelations Ever

11. Hyperion with High Electricity

Found Year: 1848 William Cranch Bond, George Phillips Bond, and William Lassel are the ones who found it. Location: Saturn's orbit Hyperion is one of the solar system's oddest-looking moons. This uneven rock, which has a pumice-stone-like appearance, is covered in countless craters. Additionally, a particle beam made of static electricity charges it. This indicates that Hyperion emits energy into space, as demonstrated by NASA's Cassini mission, which visited Saturn from 2004 to 2017.

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Extremely Electric Hyperion ©Shutterstock/elRoce Since Hyperion's discovery in 1848, the astronomy world has been interested in its electrical output, irregular shape, and sponge-like looks. The moon puzzled the scientists who discovered it in the middle of the nineteenth century, as it was the first non-circular moon ever found.

12. Thermal Radiation

Found Year: 2018. The University of Pennsylvania found it. Where: 800 Light Years Apart Dense objects known as neutron stars are created when a normal star dies. Neutron stars typically release radiation in the form of high-energy X-rays and radio waves. However, researchers from Penn State University found a neutron star that was acting strangely in September of 2018.

Pinterest/DailyMail Infrared Stream Eight hundred light years from Earth, these astronomers discovered a long stream of infrared light coming from a neutron star. This has never been noticed before. The infrared signal was thought to have been produced by a disc of material encircling the star, but this theory has not yet been verified.