As scientists’ understanding of the origins of the universe expands, IU Associate Professor Constantine Dilianis is working to explain inconsistencies with current models of star evolution in new research. Most astronomers today say that our universe emerged in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang, about 13.8 billion years ago. The whole universe was … Read more
Jupiter is the undisputed king of the planets in our solar system! Jupiter is bright and easy to spot from our vantage point on Earth, aided by its massive size and reflective cloud tops and streaks. Jupiter even has moons the size of planets: Ganymede, the largest of them, is larger than Mercury. What’s more, … Read more
Newswise – consider bringing a pot of water to a boil: When the temperature reaches the boiling point, bubbles form in the water, burst and vaporize as the water boils. This continues until there is no more phase change of water from liquid to vapor. This is roughly the idea of what happened in the … Read more
Astronauts have been living on the International Space Station for more than 20 years — eating, sleeping, showering, and using the toilet as their bodies float around in microgravity. Life on the station, which orbits 400 km above Earth, will be no different for Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi during his six-month stay. The 41-year-old … Read more
Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures and in many regions. It orbits the sun and is the frozen remnant from the formation of the solar system, consisting of dust, small rocky particles, and various ices that can range from hundreds of feet to tens of miles in diameter. However, … Read more
The new video shared on YouTube is one of the most amazing things we’ve seen in planetary science. The video shows four points of light moving in partial concentric circles around a black disk at its centre. What you are actually looking at is a planetary system. The four points are exoplanets, with a black … Read more
Thomas ZurbuchenRetired Director of the Directorate of Scientific ThesisNASA Nadia DrakeScience journalist Sponsored by the IP Law Firm of MWZB, PC Whether life exists beyond Earth is among the most exciting – and most difficult – mysteries that science can solve. For thousands of years, humans have wondered if we are alone in the universe, … Read more
Many obstacles must be overcome in search of the first galaxies in the universe. Over the course of 50 days, with a total of more than 2 million seconds of total observation time (equivalent to 23 full days), the Hubble Deep Field (XDF) was created from part of a previous Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image. By … Read more
The roots of the solar epic go back to ancient times. There is a general perception in today’s world that using solar energy for our needs is a contemporary concept, but before civilizations used fossil fuels for heating and electricity, people relied on the energy of the sun. The sun has been worshiped as the … Read more
According to Srimad Bhagavatam, the universe was created by the Lord, Sri Krishna, through the process of cosmic emergence. The creation process begins with the Lord’s desire to create, and from that desire, material energy, known as maya, is activated. This material energy then condenses to form mahat-tattva, the total physical energy, from which the … Read more
