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Did other stars reshape Earth’s orbit? Check out these amazing stellar encounters

19Feb

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Did other stars reshape Earth’s orbit? Check out these amazing stellar encounters

[ad_1] Astronomers have uncovered a celestial revelation: stars passing near our solar system have wielded a profound influence on the orbit of Earth as well as those of its its planetary companions. This cosmic dance, detailed in a study titled "Passing Stars as an Important Driver of Paleoclimate and the Solar System's Orbital Evolution" published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, challenges our understanding of Earth's history and even encompasses shifts in climate.Stellar Perturbations and Climate VariabilityNathan A. Kaib, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, leading the research with contributions from Sean Raymond at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, highlights the significance of these stellar perturbations. "Perturbations- a minor deviation in the...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures light from galaxies shrouded by Big Bang gas

22Jan

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures light from galaxies shrouded by Big Bang gas

[ad_1] Over the years, space agencies and other institutions have been studying the universe for years and years, however, the evolution of galaxies and theories of the Big Bang are some of the things that scientists are still studying to gain a better understanding. For conducting such studies space scientists and researchers have been using powerful telescopes such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In a recent finding, the James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a faint light from an early galaxy which has expanded scientists' knowledge in terms of previous written theories. Check what the researchers found.James Webb Space Telescope findingsAccording to an ESA report, the JWST has captured light emitted billions of years ago from some of the earliest galaxies in space. However, th...

What is Square Kilometre Array, the world’s largest radio telescope and India’s critical role in it

3Jan

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What is Square Kilometre Array, the world’s largest radio telescope and India’s critical role in it

[ad_1] India is increasingly and rapidly stepping up its game in space missions and discoveries. With a number of new upcoming missions planned by the space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India has also laid out its investment plans for a monetary contribution to the international astronomical collaboration project, which includes over 16 nations. The collaboration between the nations will be developing the world's largest radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be responsible for studying galaxies present in the universe. Additionally, it aims to make available the data as to evolution of our galaxy. Know what the project is about and how and when it will be ready to conduct research.About Square Kilometre Array (SKA)According to a re...

GUSTO telescope to launch on a balloon! This NASA mission will map space between stars in Milky Way Galaxy

19Dec

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GUSTO telescope to launch on a balloon! This NASA mission will map space between stars in Milky Way Galaxy

[ad_1] NASA never fails to amaze with its groundbreaking projects. Currently, NASA scientists and Engineers are gearing up for an extraordinary NASA experiment named GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory) in Antarctica. According to NASA, this innovative project involves a balloon-borne telescope set to launch "no earlier than December 21” as per NASA. Yes, you read that right, it is a balloon-borne telescope. While it will be no match for the James Webb Space Telescope, It will still be a big cog in the gargantuan NASA machine consisting of land, air and space telescopes. It will launch from the Ross Ice Shelf, near the U.S. National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station research base.Mapping the Milky Way with GUSTOAs explained by NASA, GUSTO's primary ...

Historic! ALMA telescope finds first-ever planet-forming disk beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

30Nov

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Historic! ALMA telescope finds first-ever planet-forming disk beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

[ad_1] A groundbreaking discovery has been made by astronomers who identified a swirling disk of material, akin to those surrounding infant stars in the Milky Way Galaxy feeding a young star situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy located 160,000 light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest Earth-based astronomical project comprising 66 antennas in Northern Chile, the research team led by Durham University scientist Anna McLeod observed the system designated HH 1177 within a massive gas cloud. This marks the first confirmed extragalactic accretion disk ever detected.First Glimpse of an Extragalactic Accretion Disk"When I first saw evidence for a rotating structure in the ALMA data, I could not believe that we had detec...

Telescope Array snaps mysterious cosmic ray that came from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

27Nov

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Telescope Array snaps mysterious cosmic ray that came from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy

[ad_1] Over the years, we have seen scientists unveiling or discovering a huge number of space mysteries courtesy of the amazing technologies deployed by various nations. Now, researchers in Utah, have identified mysterious highly charged cosmic ray in a rare event. Scientists from Telescope Array, Utah say that the ray is coming from beyond the Milky Way Galaxy. The cosmic ray has been dubbed as “Amaterasu particle.” Know more about the mysterious cosmic ray here and what scientists are saying about this rare discovery.About the mysterious cosmic rayAs per reports, scientists from the University of Utah and the University of Tokyo captured the highly charged cosmic ray that has been named as the "Amaterasu particle" after the Japanese Sun goddess. According to a study by the journal Sc...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures new features of Milky Way Galaxy

21Nov

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures new features of Milky Way Galaxy

[ad_1] NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the world's premier space science observatory. This space telescope is helping scientists in solving various mysteries of our solar system. With the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are able to look beyond to distant worlds. Recently, an image released by the James Webb Space Telescope shows a part of the dense center of our galaxy which includes features that have never been seen before. Astronomers are still studying it and they haven't found any explanations yet.According to a blog by NASA, the image shows a star-forming region known as Sagittarius C (Sgr C). It is about 300 light-years from the central supermassive black hole. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Samuel Crowe, the observation team's principal investigator, who is a...

NASA’s Kepler Telescope reveals 7 searingly hot exoplanets orbiting a star

4Nov

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NASA’s Kepler Telescope reveals 7 searingly hot exoplanets orbiting a star

[ad_1] You may have heard a lot about the iconic Hubble Space Telescope and the famous James Webb Space Telescope, but NASA has an array of other telescopes that have rendered yeoman's service and one of them is the Kepler Space Telescope. NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, which retired in 2018, remains a source of scientific discovery as its data uncovers exciting revelations. A recent study led by a team of researchers has unveiled the existence of 7 scorching hot exoplanets orbiting a single star. These planets receive more intense heat from their star, per unit area, than any celestial body in our solar system.Located within the Kepler-385 system, all these exoplanets are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, marking a rare discovery of a system with more than six confirmed plane...

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: NASA set to solve many secrets of the Universe

26Oct

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: NASA set to solve many secrets of the Universe

[ad_1] The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch around May 2027, will provide a groundbreaking view of the Milky Way Galaxy. This NASA mission aims to monitor hundreds of millions of stars in search of subtle flickers that indicate the presence of celestial objects, including exoplanets, distant stars, icy objects in our solar system, black holes, and more.Roman's capabilities are essential for advancing the field of time-domain astronomy, which focuses on studying how the universe evolves over time. The telescope's Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey will focus on the Milky Way Galaxy, utilizing its infrared vision to peer through dust clouds that obstruct our view of the galaxy's central region. Roman's unique capabilities make it a valuable discovery machine with its vast f...

James Webb Space Telescope takes captivating image of Galaxy NGC 6822

31Jul

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James Webb Space Telescope takes captivating image of Galaxy NGC 6822

[ad_1] The European Space Agency has released a stunning picture of the Galaxy NGC 6822. This galaxy is known to be nearest to the Milky Way Galaxy. It was captured with the efforts of the Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) mounted on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The image reveals details about the object that is 1.5 million light-years away from Earth. Continue reading to more about the neighbouring galaxy and research findings.About galaxy findingsAccording to the ESA report. NGC 6822 is the nearest galactic neighbour to Milky Way. The galaxy has exceptionally low metallicity, showcasing predominant hydrogen and helium elements. Low-metallicity objects like NGC 6822 have a crucial role in unveiling insights into the early universe. With hy...