June is an exciting month for skywatchers all over the world. From June 17th to 27th, we will have the rare opportunity to observe all the main planets in our solar system clustered together, along with the moon. This is … Continue reading The Great Planetary Alignment of June: A Celestial Homecoming
NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, which resembles a ghostly hand reaching out into space. The Pillars of Creation, which are 6,500 light-years away … Continue reading The Cosmic Claw: Understanding the Pillars of Creation through the James Webb Space Telescope | The Inquisitive Journal
Black holes are some of the most mysterious and extraordinary objects in the universe. These cosmic entities are created when a star collapses in on itself, forming a point of infinite density and gravitational pull. Black holes come in a … Continue reading Exploring the Fascinating World of Black Holes
Have you ever wondered what life on Earth was like before humans existed? Or have you ever imagined what the planet looked like in its earliest days, when it was still a hot, molten ball of rock? Well, scientists may … Continue reading A Brief Overview of Earth’s History: From Molten Rock to Modern Humans
Seven Earth-size planets have been found huddled around an ultra-cool, red dwarf star. They could be little more than chunks of rock blasted by radiation, or cloud-covered worlds as boiling hot as Venus. On the other hand, they could harbor exotic life, thriving under twilight skies like that you see on the movie “Avatar”. Scientists are pondering the possibilities after this week’s announcement: the discovery of seven worlds orbiting a small, cool star some 40 light-years (or 240 TRILLION miles) away, all of them in the ballpark of our home planet in terms of their heft (mass) and size (diameter). … Continue reading 7 Earth-Sized Planets Found!
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