Ever heard of the fastest star in existence? Probably not. But they actually do exist. Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) have recently captured the interest of astronomers and enthusiasts alike for their varied applications and scientific findings. A hypervelocity star is a star that is ejected from the center of a galaxy at an … Read more
Man’s curiosity is as vast as the Universe. People have endless questions about the different phenomena and the existence of things on Earth and beyond. The study about our favorite Milky Way Galaxy and some other galaxies has been around since the 17th century. Besides our Milky Way, billions of other galaxies … Read more
While a famed French astronomer Charles Messier was hunting for celestial objects during the 18th century, he noticed several “nebulous objects” while surveying the night sky. He decided to catalog those commonly mistaken objects as comets so others would not make the same mistake. The resulting list, known as Messier Catalog, now … Read more
On October 13, 1773, while Charles Messier was hunting for celestial objects, he found this spiral galaxy full of beauty with its graceful and winding arms appearing like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. It was called M51 or known as Whirlpool galaxy. Its arms are actually stars and gas laced … Read more
At the beginning of our solar system’s creation, a massive billowing cloud of dust and gas circled around the Sun, and dust particles collided with each other and formed into a rock until they ultimately reached the size of a boulder. This process formed the planets of our solar system and tens … Read more
Large Magellanic Cloud Named after the explorer, and Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, whose crew discovered these companion galaxies to the Milky Way during the first voyage worldwide (1519–22). It is called the Large Magellanic Cloud or LMC for short. It is not a cloud but a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way … Read more
The Milky Way is perhaps the most famous galaxy people know, and even preschool kids can name it. But little did we learn and hear about other galaxies and that there are hundreds of billions of them scattered in the universe. We can see some galaxies with our naked eyes, especially under … Read more
For years, scientists have been trying to study black holes. What we today know about them is that black holes are basically regions in space where gravity is so strong that even electromagnetic radiation cannot escape. Over the years, many astronomers and scientists have come up with their theories regarding black holes. … Read more
We know quite a lot about “Mother Earth” but quite little when it comes to other planets. When it comes to space studies, planets are perhaps the most interesting thing to start with as they have been well studied and easier for beginners to understand without having any technical knowledge. But there … Read more
Tadpole galaxy also known as UGC 10214 or Arp 188is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth toward the northern constellation Draco. Its most spectacular feature is a massive trail of bright blue star clusters approximately 280,000 light-years long, reflecting the essence of our dynamic, restless, and violent … Read more