Astronomy

Demoted from planet’s family to dwarf planet isn’t enough for Pluto. Last week astronomers announce new data showing that the dwarf planet Eris is 27 percent more massive than Pluto. According to Mike Brown, the discoverer of Eris, and his graduate student Emily Schaller, the data confirm that Eris weighs 16.6 billion trillion kilograms. They […]

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Theoretically, the longest a total solar eclipse can last is 7 minutes and 31 seconds. The longest recorded solar eclipse lasted by 7 minutes and 8 seconds in Philippines on 1955. A 7 minute 29 second solar eclipse will be takes place in the middle of Atlantic Ocean on July 17th, 2186.
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This picture taken by Hubble Space Telescope, showing Eta Carinae and the bipolar Homunculus Nebula which surrounds the star. The Homunculus was partly created in an eruption of Eta Carinae whose light reached Earth in 1843. Eta Carinae itself appears as the white patch near the center of the image, where the 2 lobes of […]

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This picture taken by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on May 19th, 2005, showing panoramic view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. Picture obtained using Panoramic Camera (Pancam) with 750-nanometer, 530-nanometer and 430-nanometer color filters. This filter combination allows false color images to be generated that are similar to […]

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Canopus, the second brightness star in the night sky has many interesting stories. First, is about its name. Most stars are named after character of Greek/Roman mythology. But name Canopus itself said to be refers to a real person, though its origin is unknown.
Canopus was originally the Alpha star of the ancient constellation Argo, the […]

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Summer Solstice for this year will occur on June 21st, 18:06 UT (GMT). This event marked season change from spring to summer in northern hemisphere and autumn to winter in southern hemisphere.
Solstice, from the Latin for sun stands still, in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the […]

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Astronomers are unsure how to classify a newly discovered object known as XO-3b, Sky and Telescope Magazine reported recently. The new found object is orbiting close to its star like a planet, but it is so massive it should be tagged as a brown dwarf. In that case, XO-3b and its sun would comprise something […]

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Not all the protostars later become stars. To become a star, an object must have mass at least 80 times of Jupiter mass. These masses will create enough gravitational force to ignite thermonuclear fusion to burning helium on its core as its source of energy. Contrary, if it isn’t having enough mass, it will become […]

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