Exoplanets Devouring The Atmosphere: What Have Astronomers Discovered?

Exoplanets have been a curiosity within the scientific community for a while. A study in 2014 found that 10% of exoplanets found with NASA's Kepler Telescope were massive in size. To date, astronomers have discovered about 4,000 exoplanets, ranging from the size of Earth to that of Neptune. The discovery prompted scientists to deepen their [...]

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What the Biggest Physics Discoveries Mean for the Future of Science

Science is a field that's fascinated people for thousands of years. The past decade of research has been especially fruitful—with the knowledge of exoplanets growing, lasers becoming faster and more powerful, and spacecrafts reaching beyond the farthest edge of Pluto, the 2010s answered questions and introduced many more about what lies beyond our atmosphere. The [...]

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Four Things to See in the Night Sky

The universe is vast and awe-inspiring. It's a mystery that humanity has been intrigued by for thousands of years, yet we've only scratched the surface of what is out there to find. While not everyone can hop into a spacecraft and fly out to explore what's beyond Earth's atmosphere, we can see more than we [...]

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NGC 6240: The Curious Case of Three Colliding Galaxies

NGC 6240 is one of the closest and most studied galaxies. It has a peculiar lobster shape that was considered to be a result of an amalgamation between two galaxies. NGC 6240 is situated in the Ophiuchus Constellation – more commonly known as the Serpent Holder – a mere 400 million light-years away. Hubble initially [...]

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Black Hole-Neutron Star Collision Detected

 In late April of 2019, two sets of gravitational waves observations were detected by a pair of American observatories as well as by one in Italy. The signals come from a neutron star merger, but the second set of signals suggests evidence of a black hole-neutron star collision, which scientists did not imagine was possible.  [...]

By |2019-07-02T13:20:33+00:00July 3rd, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on Black Hole-Neutron Star Collision Detected

“Collapsar” May Have Supplied Universe With Gold

For a long time, the generation of elements remained a mystery for scientists. A new study suggests that many of the universe’s heavy elements are generated from rapidly whirling collapsing stars.    The lightest elements, hydrogen, helium, and lithium, were formed shortly after the Big Bang, and elements up to iron were formed later mostly [...]

By |2019-07-02T15:58:55+00:00July 2nd, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on “Collapsar” May Have Supplied Universe With Gold

Half The Universe’s Supply of Plutonium Came From This One Event

Plutonium is a rare element on Earth, and recent research suggests that half of the universe’s supply of it comes from a single event: a neutron star merger. However, plutonium is not the only element to come out of this process; these mergers help to create many other actinides, or elements with an atomic number [...]

By |2019-07-02T13:03:48+00:00July 2nd, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on Half The Universe’s Supply of Plutonium Came From This One Event

The Most Important Telescopes in Astronomy

Telescopes are important tools in astronomy that allow us to see celestial objects that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. By definition, telescopes are optical instruments that make distant objects appear magnified, but the technology that allows them to do so varies. Some historians credit the creation of the first optical telescope to [...]

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How Close Will This Asteroid Come to Earth? Close Enough to See With the Naked Eye

According to NASA, an asteroid denoted as 99942 Apophis will make a rare pass incredibly close to the Earth during its next flyby in 2029. The asteroid, which was first discovered in 2004, was initially rated as a level 4 on the 10-point Torino scale, which measures the impact hazard of near-Earth objects. On April 13th, [...]

By |2019-05-08T12:51:56+00:00May 8th, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on How Close Will This Asteroid Come to Earth? Close Enough to See With the Naked Eye

Advances In Astronomy

Everyone knows about our solar system. Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun. Exoplanets exist outside of our solar system. They're hard to detect. It wasn't until the 1980s that exoplanets were scientifically confirmed to exist. Even today, it can be hard to see exoplanets. Recently, scientists developed a new way of viewing exoplanets directly. The [...]

By |2019-05-02T17:25:10+00:00April 11th, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on Advances In Astronomy