Space Discoveries
Models of our solar system
It’s impossible to get a real sense of the size of the solar system by staring at pictures of planets on a page or a screen. Unlike most illustrations in astronomy books, Jupiter is not within arm’s reach of Earth, creepily hovering over our shoulder. (This is what Jupiter looks like from Earth—it’s…
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Most Famous astronomers
Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made the most accurate celestial observations of his time and challenged the prevailing belief in how the universe was organized. And while most people may think of scientists as stodgy academic types, Brahe s flamboyant lifestyle and ignominious death would have made some…
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Space Galaxy Planets
Galaxies like the Milky Way may not be the best cradles of life in the universe — giant galaxies devoid of newborn stars and at least twice as massive as the Milky Way could host 10, times more habitable planets, researchers say. In the past 20 years, astronomers have confirmed the existence of nearly…
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Tycho Brahe model of the solar system
Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe (December 14, 1546 October 24, 1601), was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman astronomer as well as an astrologer and alchemist. He was granted an estate on the island of Hven and the funding to build the Uraniborg, an early research institute, where he built large astronomical instruments…
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Timeline of Astronomy
Since prehistoric times our ancestors gazed up at the stars and observed the movements of the Sun and Moon. Not surprisingly, astronomy is probably the oldest science known to man and over the passing centuries our understanding of the Universe has developed gradually to reach the considerable level of knowledge we possess today. What follows are some key dates in the timeline…
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Major discoveries
Venus Express discovered a surprisingly cold region high in the planet s atmosphere, where conditions may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. Although the planet s surface is like a red hot furnace, conditions are very different at an altitude of 125 km, where Venus Express revealed a very frigid layer with a temperature of around -175°C. The unexpected…
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New Galaxies found
This artist s concept depicts the most luminous galaxy known in the universe. The object, which was discovered by NASA’s WISE space telescope, is called WISE J224635.0 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a new study reports. The engine behind…
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Famous astronomers
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com For as long as humanity has gazed up at the stars, there have been astronomers studying the heavens in order to explain those bright lights in the sky. See some of the most famous astronomers and physicists throughout history, from humanity s earliest observations of celestial events to today s investigations of deep sky objects that hold the secrets…
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