At Cosmic Noon, Puffy Galaxies form Stars for Longer
In a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, researchers led by Dr Anshu Gupta and Associate Professor Kim-Vy Tran from…
A Sagittarius Triplet
These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the…
What is The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB, CBR)?
Most sky enthusiasts will have heard, at least once in their lives, of microwave background cosmic radiation, also known as…
What is Polchinski’s paradox?
The Polchinski paradox provides a succinct representation of the complications surrounding time travel at a macroscopic scale. By proposing a…
What is albinism in birds?
Albinism in birds: is a genetic mutation that results in the lack of an enzyme essential to produce melanin. The…
What are the Cosmic Strings?
Cosmic strings are hypothetical 1-dimensional topological defects which may have formed during a symmetry-breaking phase transition in the early universe…
SHAPE OF THE UNIVERSE
The shape of the universe, is the local and global geometry of the universe. The local features of the geometry…
How Climate Change May Have Played a Role in The Emergence of COVID-19
If last year’s climate change fueled megafires and the global pandemic have taught us anything, it’s how interconnected we all…
PULSAR WIND NEBULA
A pulsar wind nebula (PWN), sometimes called a plerion is a type of nebula sometimes found inside the shell of…
What Is The ‘Fifth State of Matter’?
Sometimes referred to as the ‘fifth state of matter’, a Bose Einstein Condensate is a state of matter created when…