The Galaxy That Wears a Ring
At first glance, NGC 6505 looks like a fairly typical elliptical galaxy in the constellation Draco, first spotted way back in the 1800s. […]
Tag: Astrophysics
TEAM NAI: RETROGRADE PLANETS
Adrianos: These days (September 2024), everyone says that Mercury is moving backward.
98 Ianthi: You who live on Earth only see Mercury and Venus going ‘backward’ in the two-dimensional sky?
431 Nefeli: We, who live in the main asteroid belt, often see Earth going retrograde too.
Adrianos: In general, if someone lives on planet Y, all the planets located between the Sun and planet Y appear to be the beings living on Y to be moving backward. […]
WHAT IS IT? Boninites on Mercury and in Cyprus
Scientists have found that the geochemical composition of the planet Mercury, which is very similar to that of rocky areas of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus! […]