Category Archives: Space

Solar Systems like ours may be common!!!

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

UC Berkeley astronomers Andrew Howard and Geoffrey Marcy chose 166 G and K stars within 80 light years of Earth and observed them with the powerful Keck telescope for five years in order to determine the number, mass and orbital … Continue reading →

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Chandra of NASA Finds Youngest Black Hole

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of the youngest black hole known to exist in our cosmic neighborhood. The 30-year-old black hole provides a unique opportunity to watch this type of object develop from infancy.The 30-year-old object … Continue reading →

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Precocious Galaxy Cluster Identified by Chandra

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Sciencedaily reported that NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an unusual galaxy cluster that contains a bright core of relatively cool gas surrounding a quasar called 3C 186. This is the most distant such object yet observed, and could provide insight … Continue reading →

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Stronger Sun Makes Earth Cool’ Not HOT

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Contrary to the belief that an increase in solar activity from the Sun heats up Earth too, scientists have found that it’s quite the opposite. Based on a three-year snapshot of time between 2004 and 2007, scientists at the Imperial … Continue reading →