The mini planet Neptune is covered in fog. ©NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) Reporter: Hari Ariyanti Merdeka.com – Astronomers have finally made their way through the fog surrounding exoplanet GJ 1214b, a mini-Neptune planet around a star about 40 light years away. Mini-Neptune is a type of planet that is common in our galaxy — but because … Read more
Jakarta – A fast radio burst or flash of radio energy from outer space that is intense for milliseconds was first seen in 2007. The fast radio burst left mystery and astronomers confused. After 16 years, astronomers are finally starting to solve the mystery of these fast radio bursts. According to astronomers, this kind of … Read more
Jakarta – Astronomers have identified for the first time a star swallowing a planet. This phenomenon was visible to astronomers 2,000 light years from Earth. Kishalay De, an astrophysicist from MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, said that this phenomenon is like a prediction of the end of life in which the sun … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Astronomer amateur from the Jakarta Amateur Astronomy Association (HAAJ), Nurdin Nurdiansah, selected from among astronomers to make observations solar eclipse hybrid that passed through Indonesian territory on April 20, 2023 on a research ship belonging to the Indonesian Navy, KRI Spica-934. For Nurdin, this hybrid solar eclipse observation completes his ‘collection’ of … Read more
The discovery took many years – the observation itself, which resulted in the picture, took place in 2018. Several telescopes located in different parts of the Earth took part in it. By joining forces with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, the Greenland Telescope, and the Global Millimeter VLBI Array of telescopes from Europe … Read more
Jakarta – We cannot completely know when the planets in the solar system formed for sure, but scientists are constantly looking for the latest facts about these extraterrestrial objects. Then, what are the oldest and youngest planets in the solar system? In site IFL Science explained that the possibility of being the oldest planet is … Read more
Jakarta – Many future projects are researched in outer space as a substitute for Earth. There’s been a lot of speculation planet-planet which are similar to those of Earth. On the other hand, there are also various places in the universe that are not habitable. Some of these places even have heat that can be … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Often hear news there meteorite which fell to Earth after hitting the atmosphere and burning up in the air. This time, a meteorite fell to the Moon and was recorded by a camera on Earth. An astronomer in Japan managed to catch the flash of a meteorite as it hit the Moon, … Read more
Jakarta – The vast Solar System is composed of various celestial bodies, one of which is the belt asteroid. A collection of small rocky objects orbiting the sun, one of which is located between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are the building blocks of the asteroid belt. Astronomers say that asteroids … Read more
Jakarta – Air on Earth are believed to have been carried by comets that collided billions of years ago. However, water was not formed with the solar system. Citing the site IFL Science, the researchers believe that water was already a component of the pre-solar nebula. To understand the origin of water on Earth, the … Read more