Orienting on Mars
On Earth we all know that the north celestial pole is indicated by the Polar Star. This happens given that…
Astronomy
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…
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…
Two interesting colliding galaxies
NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 are two very similar galaxies that are slowly getting closer. The system, known as Arp…
What is a Superhabitable planet?
A superhabitable planet is a hypothetical type of exoplanet or exomoon that may be better suited than Earth for the…
The Scientific method and its role in Astronomy
The scientific method is a research concept that was born along with the first foundations of modern science at some…
Supernova remnant: E0102 -The remains of an exploded star in the Small Megallanic Cloud!
Supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 (E0102 for short) is the spectacular remains of an exploded star, located about 190,000 light-years away…
The Milky Way core
This dazzling infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core…
Herbig Haro objects 161/164
Herbig Haro objects 161/164 (abbreviated to HH 161/164) are located at a distance of around 1,120 light years in the…
Interesting facts about the Sun
The sun lies at the heart of the solar system, where it is by far the largest object. It holds…