Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait
IMAGE: In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there’s a lot to…
Never seen before cosmic structures spotted in distant galaxy!
Cosmic structures, the likes of which have never been seen before, have been spotted by astronomers in observations which could…
Introduction to the Casimir effect
The Casimir effect is a small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged conducting plates. It is caused…
New, Third Type of Supernova Discovered: An Electron-Capture Supernova
An international team of astronomers has observed the first example of a new type of supernova. The discovery, confirming a…
Orienting on Mars
On Earth we all know that the north celestial pole is indicated by the Polar Star. This happens given that…
Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 87,000 square kilometers per year
The global cryosphere—all of the areas with frozen water on Earth—shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers (about 33,000 square miles,…
This is Proxima Centauri
Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf located just 4.23 light years away from Earth, making it the closest star to…
Talking about angular velocity
Folks !!! Have you ever thought why this happens ? 😀 Well its all the game of acceleration we all…
NASA’s Webb Will Use Quasars to Unlock the Secrets of the Early Universe
Quasars are very bright, distant and active supermassive black holes that are millions to billions of times the mass of…
This Week’s Deadly Heatwave Shows We Need a New Way to Talk About Climate Change
In recent days, as Western Canada and the United States have been broiling under a climate-fueled heat crisis, all sorts…