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Planetary Alignment in January 2025: why this celestial tea is piping hot ?
The night sky is serving looks this January, and we’re all invited to the ultimate glow-up party hosted by our solar system. That’s right, a rare planetary alignment is happening, and it’s giving main character energy. Let’s talk about why this celestial tea…
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Meet the Baby Planets: PDS 70b and PDS 70c
PDS 70: A Star Forming Planets Before Our Eyes Imagine witnessing the birth of an entire planet. That’s exactly what astronomers are observing in the PDS 70 system, a cosmic nursery located 370 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. This young star system…
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Sunita Williams and the Space Taxi That Missed the Ride
When you’re 260 miles above Earth, you’d hope your return ticket is solid. Unfortunately for NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the “space taxi” she was counting on, Boeing’s Starliner, decided it needed a detour—back to Earth, without passengers. Let’s dive into what happened, how…
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Earth’s New Roommate: Say Hello to Our Mini-Moon !
Moon! Yes you are right, Earth is about to get a temporary new companion in space, and while it’s not going to cause any jealous stares from our old lunar buddy, it’s still kind of a big deal. Meet “2024 PT5”, an asteroid-turned-mini-moon,…
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The International Space Station: Earth’s Ultimate Clubhouse
When you think about space exploration, images of rockets blasting off and astronauts floating around come to mind. But what if I told you there’s a giant Lego set orbiting Earth, held together by hope, duct tape, and a sprinkle of international diplomacy?…
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The Enigma of Olbers’s Paradox
What Olbers’s Paradox is? in an infinite universe brimming with stars, shouldn’t our eyes be met with an unbroken sea of starlight? Yet, as we know, the night sky remains predominantly dark