2024 Skywatchers’ Guide: Total Solar Eclipse, Meteor Showers, and More Spectacular Astronomical Events

2024 Skywatchers’ Guide: Total Solar Eclipse, Meteor Showers, and More Spectacular Astronomical Events

BorneoFlash.com, JAKARTA – Good news for sky watchers, namely that they will get a surprise in 2024. A series of natural phenomena will decorate the night sky and you can watch them. Highlights that will captivate hundreds of millions of people include a Total Solar Eclipse and a spectacular meteor shower. In countries further from … Read more

The Position of the Solar System Within the Milky Way Galaxy

The Position of the Solar System Within the Milky Way Galaxy

The solar system is located between the two main arms of our galaxy. Our galaxy, called the Milky Way, is a huge collection of stars and other astronomical objects that we actually cannot see in its entirety. Because we are located inside this galaxy, and therefore scientists judge the appearance of the Milky Way by … Read more

New Oxford Study Reveals True Colors of Neptune and Uranus, Contradicts School Atlas Images

New Oxford Study Reveals True Colors of Neptune and Uranus, Contradicts School Atlas Images

You can also remember those images from the School Atlas of the World. The planets Uranus and Neptune were both blue there, yet distinctly different. While Neptune glowed with an azure hue, Uranus was depicted in a soft greyish, if you will, greenish blue. But these images lied to us all along. He found out … Read more

2024: A Year of Cosmic Phenomena

2024: A Year of Cosmic Phenomena

In the sky this year, people will see meteors from the “lost constellation” or the approach of Jupiter and Mars. The partial eclipse of the “big” Moon, which will occur in September, or the passage of a recently discovered comet around the Earth will also be well observable with the naked eye. The aurora borealis … Read more

Top Celestial Events 2024: Appearance of Jupiter, Giant Comet, Perseid Meteor Shower, and Komet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Top Celestial Events 2024: Appearance of Jupiter, Giant Comet, Perseid Meteor Shower, and Komet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Monday, 25 December 2023 – 11:05 WIB VIVA Tekno – The year two thousand two and four will bring various amazing celestial events that can be seen directly from Earth. These natural phenomena range from stunning meteor showers to the arrival of large comets. Most of these celestial phenomena can be observed without special equipment, … Read more

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Captures Stunning Image of Saturn’s Ring Rays: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe

In an ongoing journey to unlock the mysteries of the universe, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of Saturn on October 22, 2023. This gas giant, known for its spectacular rings, was situated at a colossal distance of approx. 1,365 million kilometers from Earth. Photography is not only a visual marvel, but … Read more

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes 1,000 Day Mission, Collecting Sample in Ancient Martian River System

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes 1,000 Day Mission, Collecting Sample in Ancient Martian River System

After 1,000 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover on its mission traveled through an ancient system of rivers and lakes, collecting valuable samples along the way. Reaching its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that contains evidence of a lake that occupied … Read more

University of Florida Research Team Discovers Mysterious Cloud ‘The Brick’ Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

University of Florida Research Team Discovers Mysterious Cloud ‘The Brick’ Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Jakarta – A research team from the University of Florida discovered the mysterious cloud using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This cloud, called G0.253+0.016, is so dark and dense that it is nicknamed The Brick. The Brick is one of the many thick molecular clouds located at the Center of the Milky Way. These … Read more

The Brightest Objects in the Solar System That Can Be Seen Without Optical Aid

The Brightest Objects in the Solar System That Can Be Seen Without Optical Aid

KOMPAS.com – Without optical aid, the human eye can see objects with a magnitude of about 6 under optimal conditions and under dark skies. There are about a dozen natural objects in the solar system that, in theory, can be seen with the naked eye. In practice, fainter objects are very difficult to see with … Read more

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures ‘Ghost Galaxy’ AzTECC71: What It Reveals About the Early Universe

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures ‘Ghost Galaxy’ AzTECC71: What It Reveals About the Early Universe

CNN Indonesia Friday, 08 Dec 2023 18:01 IWST NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) managed to capture a “ghost galaxy” object. (Photo: J. McKinney/M. Franco/C. Casey/The University of Texas at Austin.) Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) courtesy NASA successfully captured the object”ghost galaxy” which is very opaque and covered in dust … Read more