Prominence refers to the sun sending out tongues of fire that reaches a great distance. It is usually called solar prominence. It is defined as a large and bright extension from the sun. It extends from the sun’s surface, usually in the shape of a loop. It is found that a prominence is usually starting […]
Thanks to Viktor Ambartsumian, a Soviet physicist, who proposed the existence of a protostar. Because of that much is known today about how stars are formed, dispelling unfounded beliefs of their origin.
When you hear the term radio wave, you automatically think of broadcasting, mobile communications, and navigation systems. This is a limited perception referring to the lot of artificially-produced radio waves. Naturally-occurring radio waves, on the other hand, are produced by astronomical objects and lightning.
The term radio telescope can be quite misleading since when you think of a telescope, you think of a device used for viewing objects; while you attribute the word radio with hearing. However, all the discoveries in radio astronomy that people know of today could not have been possible without the trusty radio telescope.
In the simplest sense, a radio galaxy, as the name connotes, is a galaxy that serves as a strong source of electromagnetic radiation or radio waves. The discovery of radio galaxies provides proof of the ability of the universe to expand contrary to the steady state it was once perceived to be. One of the
A short-period comet is a comet that has a relatively short lifespan for any observation can be made for comparative studies. That period is known to be shorter than two hundred years. Recently, short-period comets have been subdivided into the Jupiter-type comets, like that of Temple 2 and Encke, which typically have periods of just
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Organization in science is a must. When trying to classify, scientists call this the study of classification or taxonomy. Well, in terms of astronomy, there is also organization. And one of these classifications is called the spectral class. Spectral class or spectral classification is the manner of organization in astronomy that deals with classifying stars
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A shock wave is a type of disturbance propagating outward. Just like any ordinary wave, it carries with it energy that spreads out through solid, liquid, or gas mediums. In some cases, shockwaves can also spread out without those mediums, but through specific fields like the electromagnetic field.
The invention of technological gadgets has made the universe seemingly small. Today, however, people have learned that the sun is just a star and is seen as big because of its proximity to Earth, which is about 150 million km away.
The term Precession is usually associated with the fields of Physics and Astronomy. It is usually defined as the change in orientation of the rotational axis of a certain object or celestial body. Also, this term in astronomy refers to the many slow, continuous and gravity dependent changes in direction of a body’s orbital conditions,
