Tag - Space
If you thought that the whole concept of the Star Trek Enterprise was fascinating to watch but far too fictitious to be true, then one can safely bet that you are right for a long, long time in to the future. But if you thought the same way next time...
Meteorological satellite equip human to anticipate natural disasters and forthcoming catastrophes in advance and communications satellite help us link ourselves to the whole world, transforming it into a "global village". So, we cannot separate space...
The competition to built the world’s first ‘next generation’ telescope is on. Astronomers around the globe have convened to participate in the development of the new facilities, aspiring to observe time on the telescopes as they complete with their...
Are we alone in this Universe? This is the most fundamental question of space science. Not only scientists, common people also show significant excitement towards the existence of intelligent species in another planet, just like us. Scientists deploy...
According to the standard theory of star formation, stars are formed in cloudy nebulas and shortly after their birth they consume most of the gas that is present at their birthplace. The surrounding dust and gas can now be used to form...
Astronomers have used the largest telescopes available on the planet to examine and study the glassy layers of a red giant star called S Orionis.
S Orionis is a red giant star that pulsates in a size from a diameter roughly equal to the orbit of...
According to a latest theory developed by some scientists it could be possible to glimpse the Universe before the start of everything that is before the Big Bang.
The Big Bang is often thought as the start of everything even time, but this has...
After imaging cosmic bodies in all spectrums of light that is visible, ultraviolet, infrared and X-Rays, NASA is still not content and wants to try its hands at the only remaining spectrum that is gamma rays.
To image in this spectrum...
NASA’s Swift satellite has shown two supernova events in quick succession. This is the first time that such an event has been recorded so close in time.
The blasts occurred in a galaxy called MCG +05-43-16, which is located 380 million...
A black hole is an object with a gravitational field so powerful that a region of space becomes cut off from the rest of the universe, no matter and not even light can escape these strong clutches of gravity.
Until now scientists from all over the...
Make these vacations memorable for your kids by planning for space tourism! The best place for such tourism is the Kennedy Space Center. Approximately 1.5 million people visit this space center every year! With the opening of Shuttle launch Experience,...
Some British scientists are developing a space shield that could one day protect astronauts during a long-time space exploration mission.
These scientists have stated that magnetic shields could be deployed around spacecraft and on the surface of...
Did you ever dream of travelling into outer space? All those hollywood movies that run our imagination wild now finally have a possibility of coming true. Remember the amateurs on board the space aircraft in the movie Armageddon? Ordinary people like...
Space scientists at NASA have developed a new technology that can spot planets like Earth around other stars.
For the first time NASA has demonstrated a technology that can be used to spot Earth like planets in the solar system.
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When stars like our Sun die, they swell to become red giants and then eject gigantic clouds of gas and dust into space. However astronomers and scientists were not able to explain how exactly dying stars could blow away these clouds.
Now these...
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