Scientists Believe They Have Discovered the Cause of the “Gravity Hole” in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean has a “gravity hole” – a location where the Earth’s gravitational attraction is weaker, its mass is lower than normal, and the…
Astronomy
Globular Cluster – a spherical grouping of stars
A globular cluster is a spherical grouping of stars. It is a dense, gravitationally bound group of stars that revolves around the galactic core. Globular…
Jupiter’s Moon Europa could have Evolved Slowly
The presence of this subsurface ocean, combined with evidence of geological activity such as fractures, ridges, and other surface features, indicates that Europa has a…
A Massive Plume of Water is Erupting from Saturn’s Moon
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, is known to have water ice geysers erupting from its surface. Cassini, NASA’s spacecraft that was active until 2017, made…
A New Study finds Evidence of Various Organic Materials on Mars
A new study using data from the NASA Mars Perseverance rover has presented compelling evidence for organic material on the Martian surface, shedding light on…
What distinguished the Brightest Cosmic Explosion in History?
A gamma-ray burst (GRB), the brightest cosmic explosion of all time, is an extremely energetic event that emits massive amounts of gamma-ray radiation. Few cosmic…
NGC 7318 – a pair of colliding galaxies
NGC 7318 is a pair of colliding galaxies located approximately 280 million light-years away from Earth. It is the name of a galaxy group in…
Interacting Galaxies
Interacting galaxies (colliding galaxies) are galaxies whose gravitational fields disrupt each other. These are galaxies that are close to each other and exert gravitational forces…
Planetary Nebula – a type of emission nebula
A planetary nebula (PN, plural PNe) is a type of emission nebula composed of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant…
Irregular Galaxy
An irregular galaxy, as opposed to a spiral or an elliptical galaxy, lacks a distinct regular shape. Irregular galaxies do not fit into any of…
A Rocky Exoplanet’s Thick Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere is Ruled Out by Webb
TRAPPIST-1 c’s infrared data suggest that it is probably not as resembling Venus as formerly thought. The heat emitted by TRAPPIST-1 c, an exoplanet circling…
Barred Spiral Galaxy
A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a central star-shaped structure. It’s a type of galaxy distinguished by a central bar-shaped structure made…
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