NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory recently marked its 25th anniversary by releasing an image of the massive galaxy NGC 6872. This spiral galaxy, also known as the Condor Galaxy, resides in the Pavo or Peacock constellation. The observatory, which was launched on July 23, 1999, is named in honor of the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Compared…
What is the Milky Way?The Milky Way galaxy is a huge collection of dust, gas, and stars, including our Sun. The Earth is located inside this galaxy, so it is often called “our home galaxy” or simply “our galaxy.” It might be hard to believe, but that starry band across the night sky that…
Exoplanets are planets outside the Solar System. NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and some other terrestrial telescopes have detected many such aliens. As of February 1, 2020, 3900 extraterrestrials have been confirmed in 2894 planetary families. But all of these planets revolve around stars in our parent galaxy, the Milky Way. In May 2018, astronomers at…
The Milky Way is a galaxy that includes our solar system. What if it collided with our nearest galaxy, Andromeda?Such a situation may arise in the future. This is what the Iowa Post says First we have our neighborLet’s talk about the Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda Galaxy – Also known as Messier 31, M31, and NGC…
The meteorite is named Leonid because it appears to be a meteorite rising from the constellation Leo. . It is one of the most famous meteorites in the world. This meteorite appears in the vast sky at 100 to 200 meteors each year, with 15 to 20 meteors falling on Earth every hour. The Leonid…
It is a galaxy held in place by the gravitational pull of many celestial objects and bodies, including stars, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids. The universe is made up of billions of galaxies. Earth is a small planet in a galaxy known as the Milky Way galaxy, and is just one of billions of galaxies…
A galaxy is a mass of stars, interstellar medium, interstellar medium, gases, dust particles, and black matter that have become extremely massive and gravitational.There are dwarf galaxies in the universe ranging from a trillion stars to gigantic galaxies with a trillion stars. All the stars in the galaxy revolve around their center of mass. The…
● IC 1101 Galaxy is the largest galaxy we have ever discovered. Hal The Halo of this galaxy is estimated to be about 2 million light-years from its core. 110 IC 1101 is located in the center of the Abel2029 Galaxy Cluster, 1.04 billion light-years from Earth.G The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer Frederick…
