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Massive Dead Galaxy found in the early universe ~ 17th April 2017

April 17, 2017

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The Hubble Telescope Spotted Something Strange Going On Around Uranus

Unlike its more glamorous relatives Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus gets a bit of a bum deal when it comes to planetary popularity; often the butt of jokes thanks to its slightly inelegant name. SEE ALSO: Watch NASA Footage Of An Exploding Star This is, in our opinion, is grossly unfair, so it's good to see Uranus getting a bit of love thanks to some powerful, naturally-occurring auroras that were spotted by the Hubble Telescope. Scientists at the Paris Observatory were able to capture a dazzling light show occurring around Uranus, a sight not dissimilar from the Northern Lights here on earth. Caused by solar winds colliding with oxygen and nitrogen gas particles in the planet's outer atmosphere, it was discovered in 2012 that these light shows actually rotate with the planet. Despite these new images, little is known about the seventh planet from the sun, aside from the fact that it's very cold, 63 times bigger than our fair planet and that its winds can

Introducing Our Solar System's Newest Dwarf Planet 'DeeDee

Say hello to our new planetary neighbor, DeeDee, which was just given the coveted distinction of dwarf planet. Confirmed by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), this little object was found orbiting our sun, more than 9 billion miles away from the sun — about three times the distance of Pluto from the sun. ALMA detected the planet’s tiny dimensions: a spherical shape that comes in at 395 miles across. It’s probably also not alone out there in the far reaches of our solar system. “Far beyond Pluto is a region surprisingly rich with planetary bodies,” said David Gerdes, a scientist with the University of Michigan and lead author of the research, said in a press release. “Some are quite small, but others have sizes to rival Pluto and could possibly be much larger.” A closer look at DeeDee orbit. The planet, formerly known as UZ224, was informally named DeeDee, for “Distant Dwarf” — so distant, in fact, that it takes DeeDee 1,100

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Massive Dead Galaxy found in the early universe ~ 17th April 2017

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