π«Did you know
β¨Our oldest 'Radio Broadcasts' of the 1930s have already travelled past '100,000 stars'β¨
#Fact
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β¨Our oldest 'Radio Broadcasts' of the 1930s have already travelled past '100,000 stars'β¨
#Fact
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π₯Did you know?
β¨13.2 billion years is age of the oldest known star, it is the Red Giant 'He 1523 - 09011β¨
#Fact
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β¨13.2 billion years is age of the oldest known star, it is the Red Giant 'He 1523 - 09011β¨
#Fact
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π₯Did you know?
β¨15000 light-years away, in the constellation Canis Major, there is a glowing, oddly-shaped nebula called "Thor's Helmet"β¨
#Fact
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β¨15000 light-years away, in the constellation Canis Major, there is a glowing, oddly-shaped nebula called "Thor's Helmet"β¨
#Fact
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π±Did you know?
β¨The 20 year old Russian says that he lived on Mars before he was born on Earth. He says Martians are 7 feet tall and breath CO2β¨
#AmazingFact
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β¨The 20 year old Russian says that he lived on Mars before he was born on Earth. He says Martians are 7 feet tall and breath CO2β¨
#AmazingFact
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βDid you know?
β¨A star can turn into a planet but this transformation only happens for a very particular type of star known as a brown dwarfβ¨
#AstroInfo
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β¨A star can turn into a planet but this transformation only happens for a very particular type of star known as a brown dwarfβ¨
#AstroInfo
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β¨Our Milky Way is home to the darkest planet ever discovered, TrES-2b. It's the coal-black planet which absorbs almost 100% of the light that falls on itβ¨
#Planet
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#Planet
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π₯What is the largest galaxy in observable universe?
β¨The largest galaxy in the observable universe is elliptical galaxy, IC 1101. It has 100 trillion stars and 6 million light year across.
π«By comparison, the Milky Way has 100 billion stars and 120,000 light years acrossβ¨
#LargestUniverse
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β¨The largest galaxy in the observable universe is elliptical galaxy, IC 1101. It has 100 trillion stars and 6 million light year across.
π«By comparison, the Milky Way has 100 billion stars and 120,000 light years acrossβ¨
#LargestUniverse
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πPlants in Space
β¨Plants tested in Veggie before going into space included lettuce, Swiss chard, radishes, Chinese cabbage and peas.
πRed Romaine lettuce was grown in space on Expedition 40 which were harvested when mature, frozen and tested back on Earthβ¨.
#AstroPlant
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β¨Plants tested in Veggie before going into space included lettuce, Swiss chard, radishes, Chinese cabbage and peas.
πRed Romaine lettuce was grown in space on Expedition 40 which were harvested when mature, frozen and tested back on Earthβ¨.
#AstroPlant
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'WASP-69b'
β¨Is an exoplanet astronomer discovered some 163 light years from our sun. It seems to behave like as comet.thought it has a prominent tail of helium gasβ¨
#WASP69b
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β¨Is an exoplanet astronomer discovered some 163 light years from our sun. It seems to behave like as comet.thought it has a prominent tail of helium gasβ¨
#WASP69b
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β¨Dung beetles can navigate when only the Milky Way of cluster of bright stars are visible and are the only insect known to orient itself by the galaxyβ¨
#Animals
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#Animals
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π¦Did you know?
β¨The "prong horned antelope" can magnify eight times as much as we humans can see, so it can easily see the planet Saturn, which we can't see with our eyes, and can see everything with a 305 degree angle, which means it can easily see what's happening behind it But humans can only see 180 degreesβ¨
#Animals
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β¨The "prong horned antelope" can magnify eight times as much as we humans can see, so it can easily see the planet Saturn, which we can't see with our eyes, and can see everything with a 305 degree angle, which means it can easily see what's happening behind it But humans can only see 180 degreesβ¨
#Animals
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Mirror Universe
β¨Some Physicist believe that when Big Bang created our universe, another Mirror Universe was also created where Time moves in reverse direction. People living in this Mirror Universe wouldn't find things weird because they've always experienced time that wayβ¨
#MirrorUniverse
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β¨Some Physicist believe that when Big Bang created our universe, another Mirror Universe was also created where Time moves in reverse direction. People living in this Mirror Universe wouldn't find things weird because they've always experienced time that wayβ¨
#MirrorUniverse
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What is Lunar Eclipse?
β¨ A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth comes in between the Moon and the Sun. While a total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon and Sun are on opposite sides of Earth, a partial lunar eclipse happens when only part of Earth's shadow covers the Moon. Meanwhile, when the Moon travels through the faint penumbral portion of Earth's shadow, a penumbral lunar eclipse happensβ¨
#LunarEclipse
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β¨ A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth comes in between the Moon and the Sun. While a total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon and Sun are on opposite sides of Earth, a partial lunar eclipse happens when only part of Earth's shadow covers the Moon. Meanwhile, when the Moon travels through the faint penumbral portion of Earth's shadow, a penumbral lunar eclipse happensβ¨
#LunarEclipse
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LUNAR ECLIPSE 2021
β¨The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years will occur on 19 November and will be visible from parts of Northeast India. The longest partial lunar eclipse will occur on 19 November and will start at 12.48 pm and end at 4.17 pm.
πThe moon is likely to appear blood-red in colour, which happens when the red beams of the sunlight pass through the Earth's atmosphere and get least deflected and fall on the moonβ¨.
#LunarEclipse2021
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β¨The longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years will occur on 19 November and will be visible from parts of Northeast India. The longest partial lunar eclipse will occur on 19 November and will start at 12.48 pm and end at 4.17 pm.
πThe moon is likely to appear blood-red in colour, which happens when the red beams of the sunlight pass through the Earth's atmosphere and get least deflected and fall on the moonβ¨.
#LunarEclipse2021
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π₯Did you know?
β¨Its gravity protects Earth from Asteroid, Comets & also helps stabilize the solar systemβ¨
#Gravity
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β¨Its gravity protects Earth from Asteroid, Comets & also helps stabilize the solar systemβ¨
#Gravity
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π₯Photon Sphere
β¨The "photon sphere" is a location where gravity is so strong that light can travel in circles. Photons orbit the Blackhole at the distance of the photon sphere.
A photon could leave the back of your head, go once around the Blackhole, and be seen your eyeβ¨
#Photonsphere
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β¨The "photon sphere" is a location where gravity is so strong that light can travel in circles. Photons orbit the Blackhole at the distance of the photon sphere.
A photon could leave the back of your head, go once around the Blackhole, and be seen your eyeβ¨
#Photonsphere
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β¨The Crab Nebula, located in the constellation of Taurus, is the remnant of a star that exploded in 1054 AD. The nebula is roughly 10 light-years across, and it is at a distance of about 6,000 light years from earth. It is presently expanding at about 1000 km per secondβ¨
#CrabNebula
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β¨The Crab Nebula, located in the constellation of Taurus, is the remnant of a star that exploded in 1054 AD. The nebula is roughly 10 light-years across, and it is at a distance of about 6,000 light years from earth. It is presently expanding at about 1000 km per secondβ¨
#CrabNebula
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"Failed star"
β¨Jupiter is called a 'Failed Star', if it had enough mass, its core could've sustained nuclear fusion like the sunβ¨
#Jupiter
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β¨Jupiter is called a 'Failed Star', if it had enough mass, its core could've sustained nuclear fusion like the sunβ¨
#Jupiter
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π₯Did you know
β¨The telescope is called the "james webb". It will be launched into space on December 18. Its telescopes cost $ 10 billion, making it the world's most expensive telescope
πThe telescope's performance is impressive, not only because of the monsoon, but also because of the technological breakthroughs.
πThis shows what the universe looked like 12 billion years ago. It is estimated to be 12.8 billion years after the creation of the universeβ¨
#JamesWebb
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β¨The telescope is called the "james webb". It will be launched into space on December 18. Its telescopes cost $ 10 billion, making it the world's most expensive telescope
πThe telescope's performance is impressive, not only because of the monsoon, but also because of the technological breakthroughs.
πThis shows what the universe looked like 12 billion years ago. It is estimated to be 12.8 billion years after the creation of the universeβ¨
#JamesWebb
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