There are eight objects in our solar system that are officially recognized as planets. We live on one of these while others adorn our sky. The two that are furthest from us, Uranus and Neptune, are too dim to be easily distinguished from the background stars. In contrast to that, the other five planets are…
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Astronomers have found a number of terrifying planets ranging from GJ 436b to Tres 4b and from CoRot-7b to Ogle 2005. Humanity has identified a total of 3,730 confirmed exoplanets to date with nearly as many potential candidates in different parts of the universe. Astronomers have observed a huge variety among these heavenly bodies on…
Scientists found some new dust rings including the one near the Sun. Following the rapid advancement of technology, discovering new things in space has become quite frequent, nowadays. Astronomers keep finding new stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects. Having said that, most of these discoveries are made outside our solar system. This is the…
The dense rings of dust offer more time to young planetesimals to grow and become fully-fledged planets. The first large-scale, high-resolution survey Protoplanetary Disks by making use of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) yielded around 4,000 exoplanets. Some popular ones among them are massive rocky worlds, hot Jupiters, and icy dwarf planets. The Disk…
The current sheet causes all the disruptions in the dust tail following the changes in the magnetic field. In January 2007, the twin STEREO satellites captured the first ever satellite images of Comet McNaught. STEREO-B was the first to begin its operation. First few minutes of its observation did cause some panic among the mission’s…
A new video by Absolute Knowledge is now on! It’s been a long journey until here. Mankind is the result of 13.8 billion years of evolution. This video shows the process of creating, from the big bang, to the future. When we think of 13.8 billion years it may seem an eternity, but in the…
Latest research reveals that the growth of Jupiter faced a delay of 2 million years. Jupiter is the largest planet of our solar system. It is the 3rd brightest natural object that we can observe in the night sky. The term ‘gas giant’ is used to refer Jupiter because gases like Hydrogen and Helium constitute…
The probability of finding Earth-like planets in the Milky Way got a massive boost. Scientists are quite keen, these days, to find signs of life in other parts of the universe. Several missions have been sent to our neighboring planet, Mars, in this regard to gather maximum information about the red planet of our solar…
New Horizon Mission by Alan Stern has forced scientists to reconsider their decision of ruling out Pluto as a planet. Planets are a vital part of our solar system. Each of them has a different set of properties that differentiate them from each other. These properties may vary on the basis of their diameter, rotation…
If you are passionate about astronomy and the universe, you should know these things. Surely you have not learned all details about our Solar System. Today we will review, with a clip made by the National Geographic team, the most important details about our solar system, which every human should know about. From the center…
10 new Earth-like planets have been discovered, out of 219 new cosmic objects. These 10 planets have the potential to support alien life. At a press conference and on the official website, NASA presented new discoveries of possible life-saving planets in our galaxy. They are the Kepler’s telescope work, within the K2 mission, the most…
The brightness of the Sun drops off dramatically the further away you get from the Sun. Ignoring the long distances at which planets are situated, landscapes remain amazing. All photos are taken by artist and illustrator Ron Miller: source: iflscience.com Absolute KnowledgeWhat we think, we become. Educate yourself…
Have you ever wonder how the nightsky will look like if instead our moon there will be another planet? Ron Miller questions what the night sky would look like if the moon was replaced by one of our solar system’s planets. He made a collection in which planets from our solar system replace Earth’s moon.…