The Online Star Register Blog

Thank you for visiting the Online Star Register Blog. Here we share the latest news with you about the OSR gifts, our apps and about what we love most: the universe and the stars!

A Mountain on Ceres!

- 9 March 2016

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It’s been just over a year since the Dawn spacecraft slipped int orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Since March 6th, 2015, Dawn has sent back some exciting data, including images of a mountain on this dwarf planet.

Name a Star as a Thank You Gift

- 9 March 2016

Whether you want to thank a loved one for doing something special, or you want to thank a coworker for going above and beyond, nothing says thank you like an unforgettable gift from the Online Star Register (OSR)! Not only can you create a personalized Star Page, each gift pack also comes with a the OSR Star Finder app so you can locate your star in the night sky.

HD 4628 – Star Facts

- 8 March 2016

Although there is no specific history related to HD 4628, the constellation Pisces was catalogued in the 2nd century by the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, so it is safe assume that this celestial body has been known for quite some time. Pisces itself represents the mythological Roman beings (Venus and Cupid) who transformed themselves into fish to escape the clutches of Typhon the monster.

Hubble Breaks Distance Record and Spots New Galaxy!

- 6 March 2016

The Hubble Space Telescope got its most intense workout when scientists pushed it to its very limits and spotted a “new” galaxy that is thought to have existed only 400 million years after the beginning of the universe when it was only 3 percent of its current age.

Planet Nine Discovered?

- 29 February 2016

Since Pluto fell out of favor as a planet (being demoted to a dwarf planet) scientists are eager to find a ninth planet that could fill the gap Pluto left behind. Could the object spotted in the far reaches of our solar system be it?

Galaxy’s Missing Gas Found!

- 24 February 2016

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Palomar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Where oh where has all the gas gone? This is the question researchers have been puzzling over in the galaxy of NGC 4569.
Although, scientists noticed quite some time ago that the gas was disappearing from this galaxy, they didn’t know where it was going…until now.