Monthly Archives: May 2015
Scientists Found Kuiper Belt Twin Encircling Nearby Star
May 31, 2015 | EditorsUsing the Gemini Planet Imager, scientists have discovered a disc-shaped bright ring of debris surrounding a nearby Sun-like star called HD 115600, a planetary system that resembles our own solar system in its infancy. This discovery may help scientists to understand how our solar system formed and developed billions of years ago. Read More
Dawn Is Closer To The Dwarf Planet ~ Stunning New Image Of Ceres
May 30, 2015 | EditorsNASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting progressively closer to the dwarf planet Ceres, as the latest image shows. Read More
Huge Solar Flare Spotted On Nearby Star 420 Light Years Away
May 30, 2015 | EditorsUsing ALMA telescope, astronomers have observed a huge solar flare on the surface of Mira, one of the closest red giant stars in the night sky about 420 light years away in the constellation Cetus. Read More
First Case Of ‘Cannibal Star’ Discovered By Hubble Telescope
May 24, 2015 | EditorsUsing Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a star never-seen-before in our galaxy or anywhere else in the universe, a star so weird that it was called “Nasty 1“. Read More
Astronomers Discover The Most Luminous Galaxy In The Cosmos
May 23, 2015 | EditorsFar off in the universe, there’s a remote galaxy that shines as bright as 300 trillion suns and according to NASA, it is currently the most luminous galaxy ever seen. Read More
Exomoons Could Be As Likely To Host Life As Exoplanets, Claims Scientists
May 21, 2015 | EditorsWhen we imagine a habitable planet beyond our solar system we tend to think of a “second Earth”, a twin of our planet which is lies at an ideal distance from its host star — a range of distance from a star where liquid water could exists on the planet’s surface — perhaps a little too hot (desert climate) or too cold (eternal winter). What is often forgotten is that there may exists environmental conditions conducive to life different from what we see on Earth. Read More
Astronomers Discovered New Class Of Galaxies That Shouldn’t Exist
May 20, 2015 | EditorsAn international team of researchers using the 10m telescope at the W.M. Keck Observatory have discovered unusual class of galaxies, called ultra-diffuse galaxies, in distant space. Read More
Why Antimatter Is Missing? Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery
May 19, 2015 | EditorsThe discovery of a magnetic field oriented to the left could provide scientists with clue to explain a long-standing mystery, the dominance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. Read More
What Is The Brightest Star In Earth’s Night Sky?
May 18, 2015 | EditorsBy looking at the night sky, you could conclude that the number of visible stars is infinite. But its nothing more false, without a telescope we can see maximum 6,000 stars. Read More
Astronomers Create A Weather Map For Distant Planets
May 18, 2015 | EditorsUsing data gathered by Kepler space telescope scientists have finally forecasting the daily weather cycles for six distant planets. Read More
Jupiter’s Moon Europa Has No Shortage Of Salt
May 13, 2015 | EditorsJupiter’s icy moon Europe is probably the most fascinating moon in our solar system because its the most likely places to search for alien life. Read More
For The First Time Astronomers Observe Volcanic Activity On Super-Earth
May 5, 2015 | EditorsForty light years away in the Cancer constellation is a yellow star much like our sun. However, it is not alone, it has a smaller companion, a red dwarf star which is separated by over one thousand times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. 55 Cancri is the name of this binary star system. It also has a special feature: the yellow dwarf (55 Cancri A) have five exoplanets and may possibly host other worlds that we could not detect yet. Read More
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