The ‘Cosmic Silkworm’ was spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope in the constellation Cygnus, 4,500 light-years from us. Astronomers were intrigued by the worm-shaped interstellar gas dust that lasted a light year. The researchers say that the dust particle, known as IRAS 20324 + 4057, is a ‘protostar’. A protostar is a layer of dust…
NGC 7000 is an emission nebula in the constellation Swan.The nebula was discovered on October 24, 1786 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.Distance from Earth: 2,202 light-yearsBrightness: 4Radius: 50 light yearsCoordinates: RC 20h 59m 17s | Dec +44° 31′ 44″Absolute brightness The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in…
IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229 or Caldwell 31) is an emission/reflection nebula in the constellation of Voerman, The nebula “shines” at a magnitude of 6. It surrounds the star AE Aurigae and is close to nebula IC 410, the open star clusters Messier 38 and Messier 36, and the…
The most sophisticated space telescope to date, the James Webb space telescope, the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope, will take off to space, to orbit the Earth. The telescope is equipped with a 6.5-meter mirror, infrared sensors, and includes a “sun shield” that will block light from the star itself, highlighting the objects around…
A binary black hole (BBH) is when two black holes (black holes) travel in two adjacent orbits.These two black holes orbit each other. Eventually these two will join. When binary black holes are joined, a large amount of energy is released. This energy is emitted in the form of gravitational waves. Binary black holes are…
NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will land at the western end of the ‘Noble crater’ at the Moon’s South Pole by the end of 2023. The availability of ground water will be confirmed. The Viper will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon-heavy rocket.The Moon’s South Pole is one of the coldest regions in…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the world-famous painter and sculptor, was the first to think about and logically design flying machines.The first glider was built in 1893, four centuries later. Ten years later, in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first mechanized aircraft.Then, three decades later, the first rocket flew into the sky The history of…
But a deeper exposure and a much more careful processing will reveal that these galaxies, far from being visualized against a nearly dark, empty background, they are surrounded by huge clouds of dust…The truth is that the galaxies are not surrounded by this dust – the dust is much closer to us than the galaxies…
