The time has come. The beginning of the end of our Universe. It is now 10 to the power of 14 years. Our Sun is ancient history in cosmic terms. It expanded into a Red Giant billions of years ago, swallowed the Earth and exploded in a supernova explosion. Credit : National Geographic Magazine … Continue reading The Degenerate Era – Part 2.
#astrophysics #universe #space Credit : Grand Strategy Annex From the outset of the series we have gone through the timeline of the Universe from a fraction of a second after The Big Bang to the present day. This mini series is based on the work of Fred Adams and Gregory Laughlin in their book The … Continue reading The End of The Universe – Part 1
#astrophysics #space #blackholes #einstein The time has come to tackle the most feared of the heavenly bodies, Black Holes. Like almost everything in nature they have different properties, sizes, masses and characteristics. A Black Hole is formed when the internal pressure of a star is insufficient to resist the objects own gravity. Our Sun is … Continue reading Falling into The Unknown : Black Holes
Credit: NASA #trappist1 #space #astrophysics Recently NASA announced the prescence of 7 terrestrial planets around the TRAPPIST- 1 star. Most stars we see in the night sky have planets orbiting them. What makes this discovery particularly special? After all, planets are confirmed almost every day with many more thousands awaiting confirmation thanks to The Keplar … Continue reading TRAPPIST-1. Are We Alone?
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