The biggest news story of 2021 is undoubtedly the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope- almost 25 years after it was first proposed. Although the image above was taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft […]
The last few years have been difficult, with many disasters, including the pandemic that is still affecting us. Because of this, it has become popular to ‘predict’ the next disaster, with many online saying that […]
This year, the Winter Solstice occurs at 5:50 UTC on the 21st of December. At this time, the Sun will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, which marks the first day of winter in […]
With a diameter of 800,000 light-years, this spiral galaxy, designated UGC 2885, is eight times bigger than the Milky Way, which places it among the biggest spiral galaxies we know to exist. However, this galaxy’s […]
The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is set to launch less than a month from now on the 18th of December, 2021. This is about 7 years after its initial launch date, […]
Much has been written about how humans might colonize Mars, and even more has been written about the types of habitats future colonists might require to be protected from solar radiation. Now it seems that […]
Discovering a planet is a feat on its own that not too many people can boast. Now imagine discovering a new type of planet, one that has high chances of harboring life to boot. Dr. […]
The notion of an unknown planet being present somewhere in the solar system does not have a universal appeal among astronomers. The gravitational effects of such a planet, however, remains the most plausible explanation for […]
Jeff Bezos and his co-flyers joined a very exclusive club of those who visited space on the 20th of June. This on board of his very own space tourism project called Blue Origin. The flight […]
While it has long been known that stars condense out of clouds of dust and gas, much of the details of the mechanisms that initiate the formation of individual stars remain unknown, and even more […]
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