Though it is difficult to come out in the winters to do star gazing, it’s worth doing so or rather you will regret missing out on the two beauties of the haven. The Orion constellation and Orion Nebula. The constellation itself is most picturesque, imagined as a giant hunter with a club and shield. But […]
Have you ever looked up at the night sky and felt a deep, mysterious connection to the cosmos? This year, the universe is putting on a spectacular show, and you’re invited to the front row!Starscapes invites you to an awe-inspiring astronomical event – the Planetary Parade, a rare phenomenon where several of the Solar System’s […]
In the vast winter sky, one constellation stands out—the mighty Orion the Hunter, accompanied by his two loyal dogs: Canis Major and Canis Minor. Among these celestial bodies, Sirius, the brightest star, shines brilliantly. However, another star in Orion commands attention—Betelgeuse, a massive red supergiant that marks the right shoulder of the hunter. This star […]
When we look up at the night sky, we often see distant specks of light—silent observers of the cosmos. Among them, two planetary neighbors of Earth hold profound lessons for us: Venus and Mars. They are Earth’s closest planetary siblings and fellow rocky worlds in the inner solar system. Yet, they couldn’t be more different […]
Venus—the second planet from the Sun and often called Earth’s “twin”—is one of the most enigmatic worlds in our solar system. To the naked eye, it shines as a brilliant beacon either just before sunrise or shortly after sunset. Ancient civilizations revered it as both the morning and evening star, unaware that both sightings were […]
Representational image of hale Bopp Comets are notorious for not ‘performing’ as expected. But this comet from beyond the realm of planets and dwarf planets like Pluto and outermost reaches of the Solar system is probably paying a visit to its Sun for the first and last time. Till I am writing this Comet C/2030 […]
One of the most successful and scientifically supported theories in modern astrophysics is the Big Bang Theory. Yet, paradoxically, it remains one of the most misunderstood concepts in the public domain. The confusion stems largely from the terminology itself—the phrase “Big Bang” evokes the image of a massive explosion in space, a deafening boom, and […]
When Sir Isaac Newton introduced his Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation, the chaotic sky of myths and mysticism was transformed into a clockwork universe. Celestial mechanics—derived from Newton’s laws—became the foundation of understanding planetary motion. No longer were planets seen as gods or mischievous deities, but as physical bodies bound by predictable forces, revolving […]
Copernicus by removing earth from the centre of the Universe and by placing it in the orbit around an ordinary star our Sun (and consequently later astronomers placing that star one among hundreds of billions in an ordinary galaxy in an a universe that has hundreds of billions of galaxies) has made the biggest revolution […]
Our ancestors took the Sun for granted. Unlike the Moon it doesn’t change its shape/phase or its brightness on its own doesn’t change, unless its light is blocked by dust fog or clouds. In the morning Sun rises everyday without fail and sets in the evening without fail. Apart from this nothing about the Sun […]
