The recently launched James Webb space telescope has been a major success for the astronomical community in its few months of operation. During this time, it has looked at exoplanets, faraway galaxies, nebulas of various …
Wormholes are a sci-fi trope that everybody has heard of, a swirly (often blue-colored) tube that lets the protagonist jump between large distances or to other worlds. Of course, wormholes of this type are pure …
Life on Earth is plentiful and nearly all-encompassing to the point where it is hard to truly imagine what a ‘lifeless’ area would look like. Nevertheless, we have only to look away from the Earth …
Black holes have been an object of fascination ever since Einstein predicted them in 1916 using his then newly developed theory of general relativity. We have come a long way since then. Kip Thorne calculated …
We have been stuck with 8 planets in our solar system ever since Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006. This ‘injustice’ may be corrected soon though, as astronomers believe that there might …
We are all familiar with the Armageddon-type movies where a giant meteorite comes racing towards the Earth with remarkably short notice, only to be stopped at the last moment by a crew of handsome scientists. …
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 …
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, …
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. …
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 …
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