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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is considered to be the greatest space equipment ever to have been made. This special telescope gets its name from noted astronomer Edwin Hubble. Funding for the Hubble Telescope came during the 1970’s; however, it was not launched until 1990. It is a space telescope that floats hundreds of miles […]
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. It may have formed over many years. Galaxies could be formed from ten to thousands of galaxies. Galaxy clusters seem to be a group or plenty of galaxies joined together by mutual pull of gravity. There are irregular galaxy clusters and regular galaxy clusters. Irregular galaxy clusters have lesser masses and absence of a
A starburst galaxy refers to a galaxy that is undergoing a process of an incredibly high rate of star formation. There are many galaxies of this kind all throughout the universe and star formations at this high rate alters the structure of the host galaxy because of the high amount of energy and mass produced.
Molecules are simply a group of two or more atoms held by a chemical bond. These are primitive components of matter, whether they are gases or organic substances. Just like atoms, these molecules are a higher form of building blocks, the next step before a new form of matter is completely created. In the same
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Photo by: Darsie Creative Commons The semimajor axis is half of the major axis in an ellipse at its longest diameter, a line running through its center and the foci. The semimajor axis runs from the center to the ellipse’s edge through a focus. It is that measure of the orbit’s radius at its most
Ultraviolet radiation is a form of energy that travels through space. It lies between the electromagnetic spectrum of x-ray, which is 40 nm and visible light, 400 nm. While there are many artificial sources of UV radiation, the sun is still the primary source of radiation in nature.
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Sublimation refers to the process wherein solid object directly transforms into gaseous state without passing liquefaction. There are many substances that are known to undergo this process such as the element iodine. Under extreme temperatures, iodine is converted into a gaseous state without melting first. This process explains the presence of icy cap rings and
Seyfert galaxies are a particular class of galaxy where each nuclei produces spectral line emissions of highly-ionized gas. A Seyfert galaxy is always known to be spiral in nature, and is always among the most intensively studied in the field of astronomy because they are supposed to be theoretically near our own Milky Way.
To better understand what inferior conjunction is, it is important to mention first how the planets are positioned in the Solar System according to how they orbit the Sun. Here is how the planets are arranged from the closest to the Sun outwards, these are the orbits of:
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When you see a series of lighted objects falling from the sky, this may be a meteor shower. These lighted objects are meteors or cosmic debris radiating from the night sky and rapidly and speedily entering the earth’s atmosphere. You do not need to worry about it since a meteor will turn to the Photo
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