Nebula

CYGNUS One of the most prominent constellations in the night sky, and one of the most involved and eventful regions of space, the Cygnus constellation and its surrounds are fascinating, and a worthwhile talking point for many a topic. Occupying an area of 804 square degrees, Cygnus is the 16th largest constellation in the night sky; it lies in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, with right ascension at 20.62, and declination at +42.03: in other words, if you were in the northern…

few astronomers to discover a new outlet of science, astrophysics. Huggins and his wife also spent time in their observatory observing emission and absorption lines of numerous cosmic objects. When analyzing NGC 6543, also known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula, on 29 August…

Fellowship, she traveled abroad for a year to study in Paris. While there, she met and fell in love with Charles Le Guin, a historian, and they were married a year later. She is the recipient of numerous literary honors, like the science fiction’s Nebula and Hugo awards; Ursula resides in Portland, Oregon. As of 2015, she has in print, twenty-one books, eleven short story volumes, four essay assemblages, twelve…

common English idiom says “a picture is worth a thousand words” but sometimes there aren’t even words to describe a picture. That is the case for “The Pillars of Creation”. This picture was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The photo depicts a nebula with three towers of gaseous regions, hence the name; in a way, it is metaphorical. Fortunately, for the normal people in the world, there are no controversies that provoke unreasonable people. The article “Ways of Seeing”, by John Berger,…

Laying on the fresh cut grass of your lawn, you watch the sun sink behind the mountains as day subtly fades into night. There is always a minute of darkness as the city holds its breath. No street lights. No cars. Just you and the sky and… the faint glow of a star. Seeing the first star that night, you make a wish and remember the first time you saw one. You still wonder what that speck of light is—How it got to be up there, why it sometimes is so bright and other times so faint, and how it…

particles. The composition of these colliding particles included metal-rich fragments such as iron meteorites, rocky fragments such as stony meteorites, and icy fragments such as comets. The solar nebula grew hotter and denser, forming a disk of gas and dust at its center. Thus, the particles of nebula dust started to stick together, forming masses that eventually formed planets and their satellites. As a result of this, the energy released by the collision between particles was converted into…

going to be made of more heavy elements, since the dust in the nebulae have had time to condense and form heavier atoms and molecules. Also, since there are currently more stars and celestial bodies in the universe, there is more of a chance that the nebula that is forming the planets will be affected by neighboring bodies, which would interfere with the formation of…

What do you want to be when you grow up, Lala?" a question so frequently asked that I have now become numb to it. From the moment we come into being we are expected to know what college we are going to attend, what we are going to majoring in, and what job we will have once we get older. Coming from a father who migrated to the United States from Mexico when he was only sixteen, he has made sure that I am fully aware of how valuable my education is. He expects me to get a job that comes with…

other astronomical phenomena such as supernovas, for example the vibrant hues of the impressive Crab Nebula. A supernova is the majestic explosion that occurs when a giant star reaches its final days, exploding and exhibiting an eternal fireworks show for all viewers in our galaxy. Nebulae are the finest form of art in the night sky. These dense gas clouds, such as my favourite, the Orion Nebula, showcase an assortment of colours twisted in a variety of puzzling shapes. There are also globular…

before her, but like the high leveled sleuth she was, she stayed in the job. Part of her mission was to infiltrate Zhang’s drug den and become one of his confidants, which she had succeeded in. This was all to discover the mystery involving a new drug, Nebula. Kneeling a few feet away, she raised her weapon and locked on the target as…