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Tag: Universe
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Astronomers map distances in the largest-ever caatalog to 56,000 galaxies
Galaxies, such as the Milky Way, are the building blocks of the universe, each comprised of up to several hundred billion stars.
September 29, 2022 -
Looking at the ends of the universe
An astronomer on the James Webb Space Telescope team explains how to send a giant telescope to space, and why.
September 21, 2021 -
Scientists find part of universe’s missing matter
One of the major problems in understanding the formation of galaxies is that approximately 80 per cent of the baryons that make up the normal matter of galaxies are missing. Baryons are particles consisting of protons and neutrons.
September 17, 2021 -
Indian Astronomers discover one of the farthest star galaxies in universe
The galaxy called AUDFs01 was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune.
September 1, 2020 -
Fascinating universe
A Black Hole is formed when a huge star of around eight solar masses or more collapses on its own gravity.
June 15, 2019 -
Mexican astrophysicist discovers first galaxies in universe
Mexican scientist Carlos Frenk Mora is one of the world's best known astronomers for his theories on dark matter and its role in the formation of galaxies.
August 19, 2018 -
Hubble captures dazzling image with 15,000 galaxies
The image straddles the gap between the very distant galaxies, which can only be viewed in infrared light, and closer galaxies.
August 17, 2018 -
Ever expanding ‘egg’
Here’s a look at the cosmic mystery that remains at the heart of our universe after the Big Bang.
July 25, 2018 -
Google honours Georges Lemaitre, the Belgian cosmologist, physicist and priest behind Big Bang theory
In 1927, Lemaitre propounded for the first time ever that universe is constantly expanding, which proved to be a premise to the Big Bang theory.
July 17, 2018 -
Nothing existed before Big Bang: Stephen Hawking
There was absolutely nothing before the Big Bang, according to British physicist Stephen Hawking, who explained what happened prior to the existence of our universe. The Big Bang theory proposes that a tiny speck of matter and energy began to grow, bringing about the birth of our universe about the universe billions of years ago....
March 5, 2018 -
Fantastic scenarios or paths to future salvation?
Are the principles explaining the cosmic home's creation and functioning vital for our continued existence?
November 28, 2017 -
A peek at greatness
Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and an author, and his work with the University of Cambridge includes singularity theorems. In 2002, Hawking was ranked no 25 in BBC’s poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He was the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1979 to 2009. His book, A Brief...
November 10, 2017 -
Most accurate measurement of universe’s dark matter unveiled
With a survey covering about 1/30th of the entire sky and spanning several billion light-years in extent, scientists have made the most accurate measurement of universe's dark matter. The results support the view that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the cosmos. The scientists unveiled the dark matter map in a presentation...
August 5, 2017 -
Distant comets more common than previously thought
Large comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are more common in the universe than previously thought, a new study conducted by the US space agency NASA has said. Based on observations by the agency's WISE spacecraft, the study found that the number of long-period comets measuring at...
July 26, 2017 -
In the grand scheme of things
Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom says no. As physicist Lawrence Krauss puts it in his latest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told…So Far, our evolution on this planet is just a “cosmic accident”. If you believe otherwise, many would accuse you of suffering from some kind of religious...
July 18, 2017 -
‘Little Cub’ galaxy may unlock secrets of early universe
Astronomers have spotted a primitive galaxy called 'Little Cub' – located 50 million light years away from the Earth – which could unveil secrets of the universe just minutes after the Big Bang. The Little Cub galaxy – which sits in the Ursa Major or Great Bear constellation – is being stripped of the gas...
July 4, 2017 -
Largest virtual universe may help solve dark matter mystery
Scientists have created the largest-ever virtual universe that simulates the formation galaxies and may hold clues to the nature of the elusive dark matter that is believed to make up majority of the cosmos. The gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies generated from 2 trillion digital particles using a super computer is being...
June 11, 2017
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