Astronomy News Oldest Material on Earth Discovered In a Meteorite! Scientists, while analyzing a meteorite, discovered the oldest material on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. An international team of researchers, led by astronomer Philipp Heck of the University of Chicago and the Field […] Written by Syed Yasir Shah 2020-02-262021-04-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy News Unwinding the Mysteries of Spiraling Galaxies A team of astronomers used NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to observe the galaxy M77, some 47 million light-years from Earth, finding its magnetic field to be closely correlated with the galaxy’s star-filled spiral arms.Galaxies come in various shapes and forms. Some may be spherical, some disk-like, while some spiral around a central […] Written by Alizah Gul Memon 2020-02-092021-04-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Where the Sun Rises in the West! 40 million kilometers away, far from our home planet, in between the Earth and the sun, illuminating our eyes and minds, there’s the shining Venus. Venus, the sister planet of Earth, is the second planet of the solar system. It has almost the same size as that of our home planet. That is why it […] Written by Syed Yasir Shah 2019-12-232020-01-13 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy News The Strange Mechanisms of Planets Outside Our Solar System We would expect exoplanets (planets outside of our solar system) to follow the same orbital mechanism as that of the planets in our own solar system. However, the discovery of a planet has proved otherwise. Recently, astronomers have discovered a planet, three times the size of Jupiter that follows an elliptical (oval-shaped) orbit rather than […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-10-102021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy Physical Sciences How Do We Know Black Holes Exist? Black holes are one of the most amazing phenomena in the universe. To get an idea of their magnificence, join your thumb and index finger to form a circle. Now imagine the entire Earth is squeezed down to fit in that circle. The density of the object between your thumb and finger would be the […] Written by Afroze Zehra Zaidi 2019-09-122019-10-21 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy News Spectra Joins Hands with Kainaat Astronomy Do you ever contemplate the future of science in Pakistan, and wonder if there even is one? Are you intrigued by the paradox of science and religion? Have you ever looked up at the sky and marveled at its unparalleled beauty? If your answer to these questions is yes, the work of Salman Hameed would […] Written by Aamna Asghar 2019-09-102020-01-13 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Per aspera ad astra: Through Hardships To The Stars Yumna Majeed is not someone who would come to your mind when you think about science popularization and science communication. With a frail body and glasses atop her nose, she presents the look of a studious and nerdy student. But rather than being buried in her books, you will often find her gazing at the […] Written by Usman Anwar 2019-08-262019-08-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Interviews Physical Sciences Inspiring the Sagans of Tomorrow It is no exaggeration to say that the award-winning TV series Cosmos made science and astronomy household names around the world. Created in the 1980s by the celebrated American astronomer and science popularizer, Carl Sagan, the show influenced a whole generation of scientists. Sagan passed away in 1996, yet his work continues to inspire the […] Written by Muhammad Hamza Waseem 2019-08-252019-09-10 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
