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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Did Nikola Tesla develop alternating current? Surprisingly, the answer is “No.” I know this statement came as a blow to many. But it’s true! Okay, Tesla has been one of the greatest inventors that humanity has ever witnessed. Many of …
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/ MathsPierre de Fermat blessed the world with a problem that took 358 years to be solved. Often called the founder of the modern theory of numbers, Pierre de Fermat was born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France. Although he was a lawyer by …
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/ PhysicsIn 1900, Max Planck presented one of the most revolutionary papers in humankind’s history, which gave birth to Planck’s constant and the theory of quantum physics. Max Planck presented his paper titled Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung im Normalspektrum …
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What is DNA? As we established in the previous article, DNA contains information about almost every single process in a cell. We also discussed that it controls the cell’s metabolism by giving instructions about the production of protein. For that, …
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From Jupiter to Saturn, to Uranus, and finally Neptune, our outer Solar System comprises four fascinatingly very different yet very similar planets: the gas giants, also known as the Jovian planets. But why Jovian? As stated, all four planets are …
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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 …
It’s been exactly 44 years since Voyager 2 was launched into space. Its achievements are more than grand, and even scientists consider its progress spectacular. However, for it to function, it needs energy, obviously, and that is something the scientists …
Whenever we talk about space missions, it’s almost impossible that Voyager’s name won’t erupt out from somewhere. The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977 to make …
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As November is approaching, the world’s excitement for the James Webb Space Telescope launch is touching new heights. A 10 billion dollars mission, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest, most powerful, and most complex space telescope ever built and …
Mind-Blowing Science Behind James Webb Space Telescope’s 18 Golden Honeycomb Mirrors. Read More »
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 …
During the 1880s and up until 1989, a technique of astronomy known as glass plates or photographic plates was widely used to map stars, clusters, and other astronomical objects. The most important collection is held at the Harvard College Observatory …
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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 …
UY Scuti – The Beast Inside Of Which 5 Billion Suns Can Fit. Read More »
Set to launch in December 2025, the newly named Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s next wide-field telescope. Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer and pioneering scientist Nancy Grace Roman who, 30 years ago advocated for the development of …
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