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🌌 Three Mind-Blowing Facts About Outer Space You Need to Know! 🌌 1. Countless Stars: The universe is home to more stars than the total number of humans who have ever lived on Earth. Imagine that! Each star could potentially have its own solar system. 2. Planetary Swap: Did you know Uranus and Neptune switched places billions of years ago? This cosmic dance reshaped our solar system as we know it. 3. Colossal Giant: Meet UY Scuti, the largest known star. It's so massive that it could fit 5 billion suns or an astonishing 7 quadrillion Earths inside it! Stay tuned for more awe-inspiring space facts. Keep looking up! 🚀✨ #astronomy #space #universe #science #isro #aerospace #stars #nasa

Forming only 290 million years post big bang, you’re looking at the most distant known galaxy ever thanks to #JWST ✨🌌 JADES-GS-z14-0 is several hundreds of millions times the mass of the Sun, consists of many young stars producing an abundance of cosmic radiation, and has the presence of oxygen. This indicates that several stars have already lived and died within this region of the cosmos. Findings such as this give more clues for the expansion of the universe as well as the origins of life 👽 #NASA #ESA #SpaceExploration #DeepSpaceTherapeutics

Colorful Aurora over New Zealand Image Credit & Copyright: Tristian McDonald Explanation: Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared. Suddenly visible were pervasive red aurora, green picket-fence aurora, a red SAR arc, a STEVE, a meteor, and the Moon. These outshone the center of our Milky Way Galaxy and both of its two satellite galaxies: the LMC and SMC. All of these were captured together on 28 exposures in five minutes, from which this panorama was composed. Auroras lit up many skies last week, as a Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun unleashed a burst of particles toward our Earth that created colorful skies over latitudes usually too far from the Earth's poles to see them. More generally, night skies this month have other surprises, showing not only auroras -- but comets. #PhoenixDelivers #nasa

Strange but true. Do you know that: Without Jupiter, we may not be safe on Earth. The truth is that every year, a good number of asteroids and comets fall from space with a good chance of hitting the Earth, but Jupiter's immense gravitational pull can alter the paths of asteroids and comets that come near it. This gravitational effect can either fling them out of the solar system entirely or redirect them away from paths that might otherwise intersect with Earth's orbit. Secondly, sometimes, Jupiter's gravity can act as a sort of "slingshot" for asteroids, changing their trajectory in ways that may send them away from Earth. Finally, from my observation, it is obvious that Jupiter's presence in our solar system reduces the frequency of large asteroid impacts on Earth over long timescales by sweeping up or deflecting some potentially hazardous objects. So as much as Jupiter is big, it is important in our solar system.

Ever heard about irregular Galaxy? Several stars fill the frame of view, with hazy brown dust interspersed throughout. A few foreground stars shine with diffraction spikes. Dull green clouds of nebulae are visible near the edges of the image. Seen in this view, IC 10 is the closest known “starburst” galaxy to our Milky Way, at a distance of 2.2 million light-years. However, it has a faint, ghostly appearance that makes it difficult to observe, especially since it’s located along a line-of-sight that’s brimming with cosmic dust and stars. IC 10 is also classified as an irregular galaxy, meaning that it lacks the majestic shape of spiral galaxies, or the rounded, ethereal appearance of elliptical galaxies. Image credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer #space #galaxy #nasa #astronomy

Astronomers have discovered a young planet, TIC 241249530 b, undergoing a dramatic transformation toward becoming a hot Jupiter — a massive, Jupiter-like planet that orbits extremely close to its star. Located in a binary star system, TIC 241249530 b follows an unusual elliptical orbit, swinging ten times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the Sun, before retreating to the distance of Earth's orbit. This elliptical orbit is evolving, gradually pulling the planet closer to its star over the next billion years, raising its temperature to thousands of degrees.#space #universe #astronomy.

NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Can you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), NGC 6995, known informally as the Bat Nebula, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil’s estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen atoms shown in hues of blue. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition: the Witch’s Broom Nebula. Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Taivalmaa #nasa #bat #nebula

M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center Image Credit & Copyright: Ali Al Obaidly Explanation: What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and red dust lanes near the nucleus, as shown in the featured image taken from the Kuwaiti desert. The core of M106 glows brightly in radio waves and X-rays where twin jets have been found running the length of the galaxy. An unusual central glow makes M106 one of the closest examples of the Seyfert class of galaxies, where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive black hole. M106, also designated NGC 4258, is a relatively close 23.5 million light years away, spans 60 thousand light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). #PhoenixDelivers #nasa

Earth is set to capture a second moon temporarily as asteroid 2024 PT5 will enter its orbit for two months. The asteroid, from the Arjuna asteroid belt, will be gravitationally pulled by Earth starting next week, but it won’t complete a full orbit. This rare mini-moon event offers scientists an opportunity to study such phenomena closely. While amateur astronomers won’t be able to observe it due to its dimness, high-powered telescopes will capture its movement. As reported by Space.com, once its journey as a mini-moon ends, PT5 will return to orbit around the sun. #SpaceScience #MiniMoon #Astronomy #Asteroid2024PT5

Science and Technology Update: A New Temporary Mini-Moon Exciting news from the cosmos. An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth as a mini-moon for two months, starting from September 29 to November 25, 2024. Although this unique phenomenon is fascinating, it’s important to note that the asteroid will be too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Here are some intriguing facts about this celestial event: 1. Mini-moons are rare. Earth has had only a handful of known temporary moons in recorded history, such as 2006 RH120 and 2020 CD3. 2. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is small but significant. While it won’t be visible to us, its presence shows the dynamic nature of our planet’s relationship with near-Earth objects. 3. Orbit dynamics. The asteroid will be captured temporarily by Earth's gravity before continuing its journey through space. Stay tuned as we follow this remarkable event, showcasing how science continues to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Follow Rohan Book Company Pvt. Ltd. for more interesting updates in Science and Technology. #ScienceAndTechnology #SpaceNews #MiniMoon #Asteroids #RohanBookCompany