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 […]
While free-floating clouds of gas are not exactly rare in the Universe, this particular cloud seen in above image has been puzzling astronomers since 2017, when it was first discovered by the Japanese Subaru telescope. […]
Astronomers spend much of their time looking for alien life, some even look for intelligent alien life. There is the SETI program that has been scanning space for signs of alien radio signals since the […]
The June Solstice occurs at 03:21 (UTC) on the 21st of this month. This date marks the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and the first day of winter in the southern hemisphere. […]
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