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- 4 December 2019
Betelgeuse is also known as Alpha Orionis and 58 Orionis and marks the center of the Winter Hexagon. It is also one of the stars that makes up the Winter Triangle. Betelgeuse is a 10 million year-old red supergiant star and one of the largest stars known today. It’s predicted to collapse under its own weight ending in a supernova explosion.
Read the full article- 30 November 2019
Rocket Lab is a company that uses electron rockets to ship payloads into space. Read on to learn more about this company and its pioneering technology.
Read the full article- 30 November 2019
NASA has a new electric airplane that it hopes one day improves air travel. Read on to learn more about this new technology.
Read the full article- 26 November 2019
Beta Ursae Majoris makes up part of ‘the Big Dipper’ and is 10 million years-old. This star is one of the hottest and has 3.4 times the radius of the Sun and is 50 times more luminous. It’s also known as Alkaid and Benetnash from the Arabic meaning ‘the leaders of the daughters of the bier’.
Read the full article- 22 November 2019
Stanton Friedman spent 60 years researching the UFO phenomenon. Read on to learn more about his amazing career.
Read the full article- 22 November 2019
Astronomers have discovered a star that they believe was ejected from a black hole five million years ago. Read on to learn more about the star and where they think it is headed.
Read the full article- 21 November 2019
Beta Tauri has the traditional name of Elnath which is derived from Arabic (al-nath) meaning ‘butting’ and is in reference to the bull’s horns of the Taurus constellation. When searching for Elnath, look for the ‘V’ shape of Taurus the Bull. Once you have located this pattern, Beta Tauri is the Northernmost star representing the bull’s left horn.
Read the full article- 16 November 2019
NASA has accepted a new proposed space probe for the planet, Venus. Read on to learn more about the probe that was inspired by an ocean creature.
Read the full article- 13 November 2019
Beta Pegasi is the second brightest star in its home constellation shining 1,500 times that of the Sun. Its traditional name of Scheat comes from Arabic meaning ‘the upper arm’. Arabian astronomers have also named this star Mankib al Faras meaning ‘the horse’s shoulder’. This star loses mass each year expanding it to 3,500 time the radius of the Sun.
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