Category Archives: Space and Galaxies

Is Anything at Rest in the Universe?

Universe: You Are Here 36 in. x 24 in. Buy This Allposters.com In the year 1851 cultivated persons in cities throughout Europe went to the largest cathedrals to attend an unusual sort of worship. They were coming to witness Jean Foucault’s pendulum experiment, which he had first performed for the public in that year under the dome of the Pantheon… (more…)

Coldest star in the galaxy spotted

NASA discovers a brown dwarf star so cool you could stand on it and not be burnt to a crisp. When you think of stars, you probably imagine massive, burning balls of fire much like our sun, but there are stars out there in space which you could actually stand on and not be burnt to a crisp. NASA has… (more…)

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