Exploring Space's Most Bizarre and Enigmatic Discoveries

9. Cannibalism in Space

Found Year: 1999 NASA is the one who discovered it. Where: The Lenticular Galaxy With NASA's Hubble Space Telescope providing them with further vision, a team of scientists discovered evidence of a horrific galactic event in 1999. The data indicated that the NGC 1316 lenticular galaxy ate tiny star clusters from a long-dead previous galaxy a few billion years ago.

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Cannibalism in Space ©Shutterstock/Allexandar It is estimated that between one-third and one-fifth of all stars in the cosmos that resemble our Sun are cannibalistic. This implies that the planets in their orbit would always be in risk of being engulfed by the star. Fortunately, Earth's Sun is among the 65% to 75% of stars that essentially leave their planetary systems unaltered.

10. Magnetospheric

Found Year: 1979 Who Found It: Not Sure Location: Multiple Sites A neutron star remains as the last trace of a star's existence after it dies and goes supernova, resulting in a tremendous explosion. One of those neutron stars would be referred to be a magnetar if its extremely powerful magnetic field and extremely dense core were combined.

Magnetrons Jurik Peter/Shutterstock In addition to being magnetic stars, magnetars are the strongest magnetic stars in the entire universe, with magnetic fields over a trillion times stronger than Earth's. Moreover, magnetars are tiny. Their masses are nearly twice as large as the Sun's, even though they are only 20 miles across.