The Universe As We Know It

J Aatish Rao
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Dive deep into the mysterious universe and also learn quite a few things which might help you with your academics.

  1. Boomerang Nebula

    04/04/2021

    Boomerang Nebula

    The Boomerang Nebula

    3 min
  2. Tabby star

    04/04/2021

    Tabby star

    KIC 8462852 (also Tabby's Star or Boyajian's Star) is an F-type main-sequence star located in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1,470 light-years from Earth. Unusual light fluctuations of the star, including up to a 22% dimming in brightness (FLUX), were discovered by citizen scientists as part of the Planet Hunters project.

    5 min
  3. The great attractor

    04/04/2021

    The great attractor

    The Great Attractor is an apparent gravitational anomaly in intergalactic space at the center of the local Laniakea Supercluster, in which the Milky Way is located, in the so-called Zone of Avoidance that is very difficult to observe in visible wavelengths due to the obscuring effects of our own galactic plane.

    5 min
  4. Oumuamua

    04/04/2021

    Oumuamua

    Oumuamua is the only interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk using the Pan-STARRS telescope at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, on 19 October 2017, 40 days after it passed its closest point to the Sun.

    7 min
  5. Cosmic definitions

    04/04/2021

    Cosmic definitions

    Before moving forward to understand several anomalies and events in the vast universe. You must know certain definitions and terminologies. This is a very important lecture hence I recommend everyone to not skip it. Several definitions and terminologies discussed in this session are ; Black body,black hole, Cosmic microwave background radiation,cosmic rays,supernova,Aurora Australlis & Aurora Boreallis,binary star,meteor,meteor shower,meteorite,meteoroid,nebula,Red dwarf and Red giant, Redshift, Pulsar,Dark matter,light year,neutron star.

    11 min

  6. 04/04/2021

    Oort Cloud

    The Oort cloud, named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is a theoretical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU.

    3 min

  7. 04/04/2021

    Comets - Cosmic snowballs

    Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets.

    5 min

  8. 04/04/2021

    Kuiper Belt - Pluto's Home

    The Kuiper belt, occasionally called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive. NOTE - With recent developments ; The distant Kuiper Belt object formerly known as 2014 MU69 – later known as Ultima Thule – has been renamed again. Its new name is Arrokoth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/j-aatish-rao/support

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