Category Archives: Space

The Big Crunch

The Big Crunch is one of the scenarios predicted by scientists in which the Universe may end. Just like many others, it is based on Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. That is, if the Big Bang describes how the Universe … Continue reading

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An Object that Could be a Planet

A planet-like object about eight times the size of Jupiter is locked in orbit around very young star, though the exact relationship between the two remains a mystery. Circling 300 times farther from the star than Earth orbits the sun, … Continue reading

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What’s the Point Visiting an Asteroid at Exorbitant Cost

Recently, President Obama spoke at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to announce his new proposed direction for the US space agency: skip the moon, send man to a near-Earth asteroid (NEO) by the mid 2020’s and use this new technological … Continue reading

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Birth of the Milky Way

For the first time, a team of astronomers has succeeded in investigating the earliest phases of the evolutionary history of our home Galaxy, the Milky Way. The scientists, from the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at Bonn University and the Max-Planck … Continue reading

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