Archive for the Astronomy Category

Milky Way galaxy will collide with Andromeda

July 17, 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) some time ago issued a surprising statement, which is about the Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. But the collision will not occur in the near future. Major impacts are expected to occur in the next 4 billion years.

Andromeda galaxy

Andromeda galaxy

NASA concluded that based on the results of observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope. The data from the world’s largest space telescope showed that the Andromeda galaxy is moving quickly now towards the Milky Way.
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Milky Way galaxy color is snow white

July 17, 2012

There is not a real photograph of the Milky Way that is able to take by humans. However, the results of research conducted by Jeffrey Newman, University of Pittsburgh scientists announced that the Milky Way galaxy color is snow white. The Milky Way galaxy is where our Earth located.

The Milky Way color

The Milky Way color

Results were expressed in a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 219 in Texas, the United States. Newman said that the best description he can give is to describe the color of snow in early spring. Milky Way is like having a grain Read the remainder of this entry »

NASA released new images of Earth “Blue Marble”

February 8, 2012

On February 2, 2012, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States (NASA) has released new photographs of Earth taken from space, a captured image on January 23, 2012. The photo of the globe is more known as the “Blue Marble”. Photos of the earth it is a recent photo with a sharpest resolution ever made.

Blue Marble Eastern Hemisphere 2012

Blue Marble Eastern Hemisphere 2012

In the new picture, the image of Earth was cut by four vertical lines which are produced by sunlight being refracted by the ocean. Photo of Earth that showed the image of eastern hemisphere is the second Blue Marble photograph, after Read the remainder of this entry »

Amazing supernova explosion of star

May 19, 2011

Supernova is a thermonuclear explosion which is most terrible in space. The explosion was the death of a star. After people are able to learn and watch ranging from the early moments of the process, represents a new knowledge in the cosmic process, which takes in a very sudden and fast time, it is supernova.

Supernova explosion

Supernova explosion

Understanding supernova

Supernova is known as the event of the explosion of a star, which also brought the star to the end of its life. So far, Read the remainder of this entry »