Facts about the Kuiper Belt!!
• The Kuiper Belt could contain hundreds of thousands of icy bodies that range in size from small chunks of…
The Universe’s First Type of Molecule – Helium hydride!!!
The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe was detected in space for the first time in…
The cosmic rose: The magnificent ❞𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮❞
“The Rosette Nebula” (“Cadwell 49”) is an Emission Nebula located in the Constellation Monoceros. It is Located at Distance of…
Forget What You Heard: Jupiter Does Not Orbit The Sun
It’s so huge, in fact, that it doesn’t actually orbit the sun. Not exactly. With 2.5 times the mass of…
Celebrating telescopes
The year 2009 was celebrated by the International Astronomical Union and UNESCO as the International Year of Astronomy. It marked…
Pluto, The untold story
When I was a kid, I studied that there are 9 planets in our solar system, but this isn’t the…
15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered in Tibetan Glacier Ice Previously Unknown to Science
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan…
The Dramatic Environmental Toll of Disposable Masks
Have you ever wondered about the environmental impact of disposable face masks? As a science enthusiast, I’m always eager to…
Columbus and the deception of the moon
On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus landed on the beaches of an island north of Cuba, becoming the first Western…
The Kuiper belt
The Kuiper Belt is a region of our solar system close to Pluto’s orbit that was discovered in 1992. In…