Category: Astronomy
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Astronomy Weekend of the 18th to 25th
What’s going on in the sky over the weekend? Tonight, Friday 18th, you can point your telescope toward Saturn and check out some of the moons. Those with a medium to large telescope will have a great view. Saturday, the 19th, Venus is in the light, again. An hour before sunrise; step outside and you’ll…
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Asteroid Buzz
Two asteroids just buzzed by the earth! Just how close did those huge space rocks come to slamming into us? Closer than you may think! All it takes is one asteroid bigger than a car to make it through our atmosphere and hit the surface. Shockingly enough, this isn’t even a common occurrence. A bus,…
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NASA’s Space Snowman Reveals Secrets: Few Craters, No Water
NASA’s space snowman is revealing fresh secrets from its home far beyond Pluto. By Associated Press, Wire Service ContentFeb. 13, 2020, at 2:36 p.m. More NASA’s Space Snowman Reveals Secrets: Few Craters, No Water More This Jan. 1, 2019 image from NASA shows Arrokoth, the farthest, most primitive object in the Solar System ever to…
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Strange Monster Galaxy of the Archaic Universe Discovered
Scientists from the University of California, Riverside led an international group of astronomers that found a strange monster galaxy. The said galaxy happened when our universe was merely 1.8 Billion years old (12 Billion years ago). Named XMM-2599, the galaxy created stars quickly and then expired. It is still unclear as to why it…
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How Scientists Hunt for Dangerous Asteroids
The scientists presented the following NEO (Near-Earth Object) monitoring systems that had been successful and their possibilities in the future: • Scout Hazard Assessment System. This system contains information about likely space rock candidates. It had already worked effectively when the 2018 LA (near-Earth asteroid the size of a boulder) entered our planet’s atmosphere in…
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Metallic Asteroids Go Undercover
Metallic asteroids may prove to be downscaled versions of planetary cores. Scientists have remained baffled by the lack of metal-rich asteroids as original research had suggest. Recent research has uncovered that many of these special asteroids may have been disguised by glassy rock outer layers that had been attached during space travel. Experts have tested…
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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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The Examination of Oumuamua
Oumuamua is a peculiar space rock purported to be many things, with some observers suggesting extraterrestrial relations with the first known interstellar visitor. However, scientists have linked its physical traits to those belonging to conventional asteroids. An example of such similarity is noticed in its capacity for gaseous jet propulsion. First sighted in 2017,…
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Collision Courses of Exoplanets
Compounded research on space rock collisions has revealed much information in the mechanics of our solar system. Scientists believe that they may have discovered the first instance of rock collisions under an exoplanetary setting. The finding arose through the observation of exoplanet, Kepler 107, a star-like entity with 4 orbiting planets. Through the study…