Month: August 2019
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Establishing the Shape of the Milky Way
The milky way is our home galaxy while its shape has remained unestablished. Scientists may have uncovered a new method of shaping the Milky Way by determining the distance between stars and Earth through 3D measurements. According to the latest technique, it is more warped and less flat than earlier studies have suggested. The 3D…
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The Discovery of An Ultra Hot Neptune Exoplanet
The masses and physical characteristics of planets are usually predictable based on the distance between them and their star. Recent space discoveries reported at the TESS Space Conference in MIT announced the unusual observation of an exoplanet, LTT 9779b, which presents itself as a gaseous giant or otherwise known as an “ultra-hot Neptune”, despite its…
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Stars Do Not Slow Down
According to space experts, the rate of spinning is believed to slow down as a star ages, but new findings announced at the TESS Science Conference are challenging the theory. The breakthrough study hypothesises that some stars speed up during the halfway point in their lifetime. Some experts have considered this as the midlife…
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Dark Matter Will Not Kill You
Dark matter is known to permeate the universe. Scientists believe that the object is most likely small and light to go around undetected. A team from the Vanderbilt University in Nashville are unravelling the nature of dark matter. Experts are still trying to decipher the constituents of dark matter, which they have observed their gravitational effects…
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Solar Wind in A Lab
Scientists have finally recreated the spiralling solar wind of the Sun, within a controlled laboratory setting. The breakthrough experiment conducted through an alumininum vacuum (known as the Big Red Ball) at the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory had successfully recreated a spiral phenomenon based off the magnetic forces of the Sun. The physical sighting being mimicked…