From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to faraway galaxies near the beginning of time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has done what it said it would in its first year of science operations to show us the universe as we’ve never seen it before. NASA shared a picture of small Sun-like stars forming […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is an ongoing mission that visited and collected a sample from asteroid 101955 Bennu, with the aim of returning the sample to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. What is so Exciting About the OSIRIS-REx Mission? On Sunday morning, above the Utah desert, a parachute will deploy, gently lowering a capsule carrying approximately […]
The scientific community recently found a new planet called TOI-733b. It is situated 245 light-years away from Earth. It’s a bit smaller than Earth but has a unique feature – its atmosphere. Lost Atmosphere & Oceanic World: Experts have two possible explanations for this planet. First, it might have lost its atmosphere, or second, it […]
Kepler 209 is an exoplanet similar to Neptune. Moreover, it orbits a G-type star. It’s 5.73 times the mass of Earth, and takes 16.1 days to complete one orbit around its star. Additionally, it positioned 0.122 astronomical units (AU) away from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2014. Quick Facts & Details: Kepler-209 is […]
The Euclid space telescope is poised to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos by providing unprecedented insights into the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. As our current understanding of the universe teeters on the brink of transformation, this ambitious mission holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe’s composition and expansion. […]
In 2013, scientists found a large gas planet similar to Jupiter. It is exoplanet ROXs 42Bb which is located about 500 light-years away. It orbits a cooler, dimmer M-type star which is 1.34 times wider than our Sun. Radius, Weight & Diameter: This gas giant, named ROXs 42Bb has a radius 1.12 times that of […]
The James Webb Space Telescope, a marvel of modern astronomy, has been capturing extraordinary images of planets in our solar system. Saturn, the ringed gas giant, is the latest subject of the JWST’s attention. Although these images aren’t ready for public display, the raw snapshots provide a fascinating glimpse of Saturn’s unparalleled beauty. Capturing the […]
Scientists have a firm belief that there are millions of planets in our neighboring, Andromeda Galaxy. However, they have only identified one so far, named PA-99-N2, due to a microlensing event in 1999. Therefore, this confirmation makes it the very first extragalactic planet. Finding planets in space is challenging because they don’t emit their own […]
On Saturday,1st July at around 11:11 a.m. EDT, a new space telescope named Euclid spacecraft is ready to go to space. Let’s dive in further to know about the amazing journey of this spacecraft; What the Euclid spacecraft actually is? It is a European Space Agency (ESA) project, but NASA, the American space agency, also […]
The exoplanet, TOI-3757 b is a gas giant planet that revolves around a K-type star. The mass of this exoplanet is about 0.27 times more than that of Jupiter and therefore it completes one circle around its star in just 3.4 days. If we talk about its distance, then it is located at approximately 0.038 […]