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Many interesting exoplanets.

Posted on March 31, 2018 by kkim7243

Even though we are the most familiar with planets within our solar system, there have been many discoveries of exoplanets with the development of scientific technology and the improvement our understanding of the Universe. Among these exoplanets, there are some interesting and habitable planets outside our solar system. First of all, “Kepler-186f” was found to … Continue reading Many interesting exoplanets. → Continue reading →

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Pluto and its interesting property.

Posted on March 31, 2018 by kkim7243

  Once thought as the 9th planet of our solar system, Pluto is a dwarf planet and is part of the Kuiper belt. The first discovery of this dwarf planet was in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Until 2005, Pluto was considered as the 9th planet of the solar system. However, as another dwarf planet called … Continue reading Pluto and its interesting property. → Continue reading →

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Pluto and its interesting property.

Posted on March 31, 2018 by kkim7243

  Once thought as the 9th planet of our solar system, Pluto is a dwarf planet and is part of the Kuiper belt. The first discovery of this dwarf planet was in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Until 2005, Pluto was considered as the 9th planet of the solar system. However, as another dwarf planet called … Continue reading Pluto and its interesting property. → Continue reading →

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Milky Way and Andromeda Collision

Posted on January 19, 2018 by kkim7243

  Surprisingly, our galaxy, Milky Way is expected to have a collision with another galaxy, called Andromeda. Even though the universe is expanding at every moment since its creation, the 2 galaxies, Milky Way and Andromeda are coming close to each other with an anticipated collision in about 4 billion years. Both galaxies are located … Continue reading Milky Way and Andromeda Collision → Continue reading →

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Milky Way and Andromeda Collision

Posted on January 19, 2018 by kkim7243

  Surprisingly, our galaxy, Milky Way is expected to have a collision with another galaxy, called Andromeda. Even though the universe is expanding at every moment since its creation, the 2 galaxies, Milky Way and Andromeda are coming close to each other with an anticipated collision in about 4 billion years. Both galaxies are located … Continue reading Milky Way and Andromeda Collision → Continue reading →

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The Lonely Giant – NGC 1600

Posted on April 10, 2016 by briannagalgano

Astronomers have discovered an enormously massive galaxy, NGC 1600, 209 light years away. NGC 1600 is an elliptical galaxy that is 17,000,000,000 billion solar masses. There are many massive black holes in the Universe (Source). In fact, there is a black hole at the center of every galaxy. It is thought that perhaps black holes […] Continue reading →

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Making the Jump to Light Speed

Posted on January 26, 2016 by lindseynestor

Chapter 1 of Astronomy: The Solar System served as a HUGE (seriously though) reminder as to how small and insignificant we are, and how very very very infinitesimally small the corner of the universe we’ve explored actually is. I’m a big Star Wars fan, and looking at that world from the perspective of astronomy class, […] Continue reading →

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So What’s the Big Deal?

Posted on April 29, 2014 by kaswat

The Milky Way Galaxy So, I’ve spent 4 months learning about the solar system and how everything works so perfectly together. When I started astronomy it was just because I needed a technical elective; however, it gave me a lot of perspective. Our world is in the perfect placement in a 100,000 light-year galaxy to… Continue reading →

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The enigma that is the Universe

Posted on January 12, 2014 by asadpabani

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/.a/6a00d8341bf7f753ef019b0045fa58970d-pi It is worth thinking about that we just discovered a galaxy that is 30 billion light years away. 30 billion light years! For those of you not familiar with how light years work, 1 light year is the distance covered by light in one year. So a galaxy 30 billion light years away is so […] Continue reading →

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11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox

Posted on April 29, 2013 by zoodrey

The Fermi Paradox is the current contradiction between the estimates about the existence of extraterrestrial civilization and our current lack of proof and interaction with such a civilization. According to Wikipedia’s page on the Fermi Paradox, Fermi argues that The Sun is a young star and here are billions of stars in our galaxy that are more … Continue reading » Continue reading →

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