Discover what exist in the universe
One of the most powerful tools astronomers have for studying the Universe is the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, which recently surprised scientists by detecting its first supernova, an explosion of a dying star and one of the Universe’s most important events to study. The explosion, named ASASSN-15lh, was […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has officially begun to observe space, and it’s taken its first images of the Carina Nebula, which NASA calls a region of massive star formation that contains some of the brightest stars in our Milky Way galaxy. The new telescope recently sent back some […]
Virgo is one of the 88 constellations that form the celestial sphere. It can be seen as early as March, but in the Northern Hemisphere, it can only be seen from September to December. This constellation has three main stars—Albireo, Gamma Virginis, and Beta Virginis—and two named groups of stars: […]
The recently launched James Webb Telescope has been designed to look back in time, searching the cosmos to find out what existed before the Big Bang and giving us new insight into the origins of our universe. Now, after years of searching, it’s finally found something — and it’s changing […]
If you’re looking to fill up your star chart this winter, you’ll have the opportunity to view some very different constellations in the northern and southern hemispheres. The celestial hemisphere you’re in depends on your geographical location on earth. Find out which constellations will be visible on both sides of […]
If you’re living in the southern hemisphere, you get to see your own set of constellations! The most famous southern hemisphere constellation is the Southern Cross, but it’s only one of many southern constellations. Find out about other southern hemisphere constellations and their meanings below. All of these southern hemisphere […]
Scientists have recently discovered that there are many exoplanets out there, orbiting distant stars and possibly habitable in some form or another. What exactly are exoplanets, though? How do we classify them? What’s the difference between them and regular planets? This guide to exoplanets will answer all these questions and […]
The Kepler Telescope has been conducting research since 2009, with one of its main objectives being to search the Milky Way galaxy for planets that have the potential to support life. In 2016, it received data on 1,284 new exoplanets, bringing the total number of verified planets to 3,539. A […]
Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has been exploring the solar system for over 30 years and is still actively transmitting scientific data back to Earth. It passed by Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1980, and Uranus in 1986, sending information about each of these planets back to Earth. As of […]
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has been flying through space for over 35 years, making it the farthest human-made object from Earth. At this point, it’s almost 12 billion miles away from Earth and heading out of our solar system into interstellar space, but recent data from the craft has some […]
