Space Discoveries

August 16, 2017

Famous stars in the Galaxy

Famous Astronomers

The Sombrero Galaxy The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M104 or NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance…
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August 07, 2017

Sun Centered theory

Heliocentric Theory

300 BC; Greek Philosophers Plato and Aristotle models Geocentric Theory with Earth as a Sphere. Aristotle publishes in his book “On the Heavens”. 200 BC; Greek Aristarchus of Samos placed Earth and other planets in motion around the central Sun but rejected by Aristotleans. 140 CE; Cladius Ptolemy of…
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July 29, 2017

Planet with the most rings

Saturn Discovered

Saturn has the most recognizable ring system. Before 1979 when Voyager 1 transmitted a single photograph of Jupiter s rings, Saturn was the only known planet with a ring system. Since that time, Jupiter s rings have been observed in detail from several spacecrafts, including Voyager 2, Galileo and New…

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July 20, 2017

Interesting Astronomy articles

Heliocentric Theory

This artist s conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech From the discoveries of potentially habitable alien planets to the detection of a tiny new moon around Pluto and jaw-dropping lunar and solar eclipses, astronomical research in 2011 has not only made extraordinary strides…

July 11, 2017

Copernicus solar system theory

Solar System

The Copernican Planisphere, illustrated in 1661 by Andreas Cellarius. Credit: Public domain In the early 1500s, when virtually everyone believed Earth was the center of the universe, Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the planets instead revolved around the sun. Although his model wasn t completely correct, it formed a strong foundation for future scientists…

July 02, 2017

New Discovery in Science

Space Discoveries

This year brought the discovery of new human ancestor in South Africa, 211 new species in the Eastern Himalayan, and the first new antibiotic in almost 30 years. As 2015 comes to a close, here is a look back at some of the top scientific breakthroughs, discoveries, and announcements. A new human ancestor: Homo nalendi In September, scientists announced the discovery of a previously…

June 23, 2017

New discoveries About space

Space Discoveries

IT MAY turn out to be a bare and barren rock. The fact that liquid water could be flowing across the surface of the planet just discovered orbiting Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun, does not mean that any actually is—nor for that matter that it has an atmosphere. The fact that water and air, if present, could make this new world habitable does not mean that it…

June 14, 2017

Astronomy Space

Solar System Model

Saturn’s moon Titan is the only world - other than earth - that we know has liquid’s pooled on its surface. Unlike Earth, Titan has lakes of liquid methane - you wouldn’t want to swim in these lakes. Titan’s “methane cycle” is analogy to Earth’s water cycle. In the 3rd and 4th images above we can see clouds of methane in Titan’s atmosphere. Ever since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft…