Stars, Galaxies and Universe

Earth’s Doppelgängers: A List of Earth Like Planets

Today, you’re going to disover a whole list of Earth like planets. Like Kepler 62, Gliese-581c and Proxima Centauri b. These are Earth’s Doppelgängers.

Supermassive Black Holes: The Center of Galaxies [Infographic]

All galaxies have supermassive black holes at the center of it. These collapsed stars are a few times the mass of a sun which run out of fuel and explode.

What is the Goldilocks Zone?

Lucky for us, Earth is in the Goldilocks zone. The range where liquid water persists is 0.99 to 1.7 AU. But it doesn’t necessarily mean life or water exists.

The History of the Universe: The Big Bang and Beyond [Infographic]

What’s the history of the universe? Follow us on a journey that starts with the Big Bang. All the way to the formation of stars, galaxies and eventually us.

What Are the 3 Types of Galaxies?

Hubble galaxy classification assigns a class to galaxies based on their visual appearance. These classes of galaxies are ellipticals, lenticulars and spirals

Milky Way Galaxy: 200 Billion Stars and Our Solar System

Galaxies are just large accumulation of stars. For example, we live in the Milky Way galaxy. It houses about 200 billion stars including Alpha Centauri.

Universe Expansion: The Farthest Galaxy from Earth [Infographic]

The universe is immeasurable in size. Universe expansion is the theory that galaxies and all matter in space are increasing in distance between each other.

Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus): Our Sun’s Closest Neighbor

Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus) is the closest star system away from our sun. It’s about 4.3 light years (or 25 trillion miles) away from Earth.