☄Largest Asteroid
✨The largest asteroid in our solar system is a mammoth piece of space rock named Ceres, which is sometimes known as a drawf planet. It is almost 600 miles in diameter. It's by far the largest Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter and accounts for a whole third of the belt's mass✨.
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✨The largest asteroid in our solar system is a mammoth piece of space rock named Ceres, which is sometimes known as a drawf planet. It is almost 600 miles in diameter. It's by far the largest Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter and accounts for a whole third of the belt's mass✨.
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🌟Did you know?
✨The North star is 4000 times brighter than our sun. The light we see when we look at the north star was generated in the year 1587, and it has been traveling through space for 434 years to reach us✨
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✨The North star is 4000 times brighter than our sun. The light we see when we look at the north star was generated in the year 1587, and it has been traveling through space for 434 years to reach us✨
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👆In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus. In 2014 the light from a supernova explosion in NGC 3568 reached Earth a sudden flare of light caused by the titanic explosion accompanying the death of a massive star✨
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There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky way🌳⭐
✨There are about three trillion trees on Planet Earth, and between 100-400 billion stars, approximately, in the galaxy.
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✨There are about three trillion trees on Planet Earth, and between 100-400 billion stars, approximately, in the galaxy.
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Did you know?
✨Mercury is a terrestrial planet. Mercury’s magnetic field is just 1% of that of the Earth✨
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✨Mercury is a terrestrial planet. Mercury’s magnetic field is just 1% of that of the Earth✨
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The Last Full moon of the Year🌚
✨The last full moon of the year rises on Dec. 18, according to AccuWeather. Bundle up to enjoy the last full moon of the year. The last full moon of 2021 will reach peak illumination on Saturday, December 18, at 11:32 p.m. ET, according to NASA, but you can trace its path across the sky starting at just before sunset✨.
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✨The last full moon of the year rises on Dec. 18, according to AccuWeather. Bundle up to enjoy the last full moon of the year. The last full moon of 2021 will reach peak illumination on Saturday, December 18, at 11:32 p.m. ET, according to NASA, but you can trace its path across the sky starting at just before sunset✨.
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The Moon has no atmosphere🌕
✨This means that the surface of the Moon is unprotected from cosmic rays, meteorites and solar winds, and has huge temperature variations. The lack of atmosphere means no sound can be heard on the Moon, and the sky always appears black✨
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✨This means that the surface of the Moon is unprotected from cosmic rays, meteorites and solar winds, and has huge temperature variations. The lack of atmosphere means no sound can be heard on the Moon, and the sky always appears black✨
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✨Quantum tunnelling or tunneling (US) is the Quantum mechanical phenomenon where a Wavefunction can propagate through a potential barrier.
🌟The transmission through the barrier can be finite and depends exponentially on the barrier height and barrier width. The wavefunction may disappear on one side and reappear on the other side. The wavefunction and its first derivative are continuous. In steady-state, the probability flux in the forward direction is spatially uniform. No particle or wave is lost. Tunneling occurs with barriers of thickness around 1–3 nm and smaller✨
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🌟The transmission through the barrier can be finite and depends exponentially on the barrier height and barrier width. The wavefunction may disappear on one side and reappear on the other side. The wavefunction and its first derivative are continuous. In steady-state, the probability flux in the forward direction is spatially uniform. No particle or wave is lost. Tunneling occurs with barriers of thickness around 1–3 nm and smaller✨
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💥Supernovas are brighter than a galaxy.
✨For a short period of time, a single supernova can easily outshine an entire galaxy of stars, releasing as much energy in a single burst as our Sun will in its entire, 10 billion-year lifespan.
☄Universe's most luminous supernova was 50 times brighter than the Milky Way.
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✨For a short period of time, a single supernova can easily outshine an entire galaxy of stars, releasing as much energy in a single burst as our Sun will in its entire, 10 billion-year lifespan.
☄Universe's most luminous supernova was 50 times brighter than the Milky Way.
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What's the closest active galaxy to planet Earth?
✨That would be Centaurus A, only 11 million light-years distant. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is also known as NGC 5128. Forged in a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies, Centaurus A's fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, pinkish star forming regions, and imposing dark dust lanes are seen here in remarkable detail. The colorful galaxy portrait is a composite of image data from space- and ground-based telescopes large and small. Near the galaxy's center, left over cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun✨
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✨That would be Centaurus A, only 11 million light-years distant. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is also known as NGC 5128. Forged in a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies, Centaurus A's fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, pinkish star forming regions, and imposing dark dust lanes are seen here in remarkable detail. The colorful galaxy portrait is a composite of image data from space- and ground-based telescopes large and small. Near the galaxy's center, left over cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun✨
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✨"We are just an advanced breed of Monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special."✨
------------Stephen Hawking--------------
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------------Stephen Hawking--------------
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How were the first Galaxies formed💫?
✨13.8 billion years ago, after the Big Bang gas and dust particles spread all over the Universe. Two of the most abundant constituents of our Universe at that time were Hydrogen and Dark Matter. Researchers haven't found Dark Matter yet, but assuming that it had a great role for building our Universe. Dark Matter keeps different objects together due to it's gravitational effect. Dust particles after being gravitationally collapsed and by the process of Nuclear Fusion formed stars. Due to the gravitational effect of Dark Matter, stars formed were attracted to each other. Those stars who grew old, after Supernova explotion formed Black holes. Dust and gas around the Black hole present started revolving it and formed a disk. The formations took place were making a scenario known as Bottom up scenario, those scenarios we know today for the formation of Galaxies✨
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✨13.8 billion years ago, after the Big Bang gas and dust particles spread all over the Universe. Two of the most abundant constituents of our Universe at that time were Hydrogen and Dark Matter. Researchers haven't found Dark Matter yet, but assuming that it had a great role for building our Universe. Dark Matter keeps different objects together due to it's gravitational effect. Dust particles after being gravitationally collapsed and by the process of Nuclear Fusion formed stars. Due to the gravitational effect of Dark Matter, stars formed were attracted to each other. Those stars who grew old, after Supernova explotion formed Black holes. Dust and gas around the Black hole present started revolving it and formed a disk. The formations took place were making a scenario known as Bottom up scenario, those scenarios we know today for the formation of Galaxies✨
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💥Did you know?
✨In 2006, astronomers spotted a huge cloud of fiery gas which is 3 million light-years in diameter and hotter than the center of our Sun. The gas ball contains more matter than a 1000 billion Suns✨
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✨In 2006, astronomers spotted a huge cloud of fiery gas which is 3 million light-years in diameter and hotter than the center of our Sun. The gas ball contains more matter than a 1000 billion Suns✨
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✨Let The Old Year End And The New Year Begin With The Warmest Of Aspirations!!
~HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022✨🔮!!
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~HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022✨🔮!!
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🗓Astronomy Calendar Of Celestial Events For Calendar Year 2022
👉January 2 - New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 18:35 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
👉January 3, 4 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower. The Quadrantids is an above average shower, with up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. It is thought to be produced by dust grains left behind by an extinct comet known as 2003 EH1, which was discovered in 2003.
👉January 7 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation of 19.2 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky. Look for the planet low in the western sky just after sunset.
👉January 17 - Full Moon. The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 23:51 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Wolf Moon because this was the time of year when hungry wolf packs howled outside their camps. This moon has also been know as the Old Moon and the Moon After Yule.
👉February 1 - New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 05:48 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
👉February 16 - Full Moon. The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 16:59 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Snow Moon because the heaviest snows usually fell during this time of the year.
👉February 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest western elongation of 26.3 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in the eastern sky just before sunrise
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👉January 2 - New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 18:35 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
👉January 3, 4 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower. The Quadrantids is an above average shower, with up to 40 meteors per hour at its peak. It is thought to be produced by dust grains left behind by an extinct comet known as 2003 EH1, which was discovered in 2003.
👉January 7 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation of 19.2 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky. Look for the planet low in the western sky just after sunset.
👉January 17 - Full Moon. The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 23:51 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Wolf Moon because this was the time of year when hungry wolf packs howled outside their camps. This moon has also been know as the Old Moon and the Moon After Yule.
👉February 1 - New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 05:48 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
👉February 16 - Full Moon. The Moon will be located on the opposite side of the Earth as the Sun and its face will be will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 16:59 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Snow Moon because the heaviest snows usually fell during this time of the year.
👉February 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation. The planet Mercury reaches greatest western elongation of 26.3 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in the eastern sky just before sunrise
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Why is the Moon so dusty?
✨On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith. For the Apollo astronauts and their equipment, the pervasive, fine, gritty dust was definitely a problem. On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their rover's fenders in an effort to keep the rooster tails of dust away from themselves and their gear. This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover✨
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✨On the Moon, the history of constant micrometeorite bombardment has blasted away at the rocky surface creating a layer of powdery lunar soil or regolith. For the Apollo astronauts and their equipment, the pervasive, fine, gritty dust was definitely a problem. On the lunar surface in December 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan needed to repair one of their rover's fenders in an effort to keep the rooster tails of dust away from themselves and their gear. This picture reveals the wheel and fender of their dust covered rover✨
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Westerlund 1🌟
✨Westerlund 1 is a compact young super star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy, about 2.6 kpc (8480 ly) away from Earth.
It is one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way, and was discovered by Bengt westerlund in 1961 but remained largely unstudied for many years due to high interstellar absorption in its direction. In the future, it will probably evolve into a globular cluster✨
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✨Westerlund 1 is a compact young super star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy, about 2.6 kpc (8480 ly) away from Earth.
It is one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way, and was discovered by Bengt westerlund in 1961 but remained largely unstudied for many years due to high interstellar absorption in its direction. In the future, it will probably evolve into a globular cluster✨
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