Galileo and his contributions to astronomy On February 15, 457 years ago, the world witnessed the birth of one of the most influential contributors to astronomy and pioneers in science and physics: a true polymath. Born in 1564, Galileo Galilei, …
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Jupiter and Saturn made their closest approach to Earth in August. The two gas giants still rule the night sky, with Jupiter being the brightest speck of light throughout the night. However, over the coming months, they will fade as …
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Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the elite theoretical physicists of the later nineteenth century. An advocate for atoms’ existence, he is a known face for developing statistical mechanics. He gave a statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics and …
Starting to study astronomy and astrophysics can be tough. Very tough. When you don’t have a teacher, it’s easy to get lost in the great number of resources you will find over the internet or in books. So I discussed …
Jupiter and Saturn along the Perseid meteor shower made August an exciting event for those who love sky gazing. While the two gas giants made their closest approach to the Earth last month and continue to dominate the night sky, …
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This article on Olbers’ paradox is a guest article by Pratishtha Rawat, a student from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, pursuing her Master’s in Astrophysics. One of the most popular paradoxes in astronomy starts with a fairly easy observation. Stars …
August 2021 is all about three exciting celestial events: the opposition of Saturn, the Perseid meteor shower, and the opposition of Jupiter. While the first two have already occurred, it is time for the opposition of Jupiter that will take …
There are approximately 1 trillion trillion stars in our Universe, a number approximated by European Space Agency (ESA). Stars in the Universe come in all sizes. Their radius can be as small as 20 km and as big as 1 …
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The flagship celestial event of August is here: the Perseid meteor shower. Regarded as one of the best meteor showers of the year along with the Geminids of December, the Perseids peak around August 12 every year. Here is everything …
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Paul Dirac was one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Dirac is famous for a marvelous equation named after him: The Dirac equation, which connects special relativity and quantum mechanics. The equation also predicted the existence of anti-matter. …
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76 years ago, humankind witnessed the power of the nucleus of an atom. August 6, 1945, was the day when the first atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Seventeen Nobel laureates were involved in the manufacture of the bomb …
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It’s the month of the best meteor shower of the year. The month when two gas giants of the solar system are on the opposite the Sun, the month with the only Blue Moon of the year, and the month …
After putting up a spectacular celestial show on the day of the December solstice last year, Jupiter and Saturn are in the news again. In August, the two gas giants of the solar system will make their closest approach to …
Do you remember the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on 21 December 2020? The two gas giants came within 0.1 degrees of each other and could be seen as a double star in the evening sky. It was one …
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/ PhysicsOn 4 July 2012, two experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of a particle in the mass region around 125 GeV/c2. For the physics community, this date is holy. It marked the discovery of the last missing …
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