The Solar System

Charon is the innermost and the largest moon of all five moons of the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered in June 1978 by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory. This moon is tidally locked with Pluto as it...

Ceres is a dwarf planet which is smallest in size with a diameter of 950 kilometers and closest to the Sun. It is located in the asteroid belt, between

Black Eye Galaxy is a beautiful spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1779. It is known by various other names including Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, Messier 64, M64, and NGC 4826 etc. It has an apparent magnitude of...

Pluto is the second closest dwarf planet to the Sun and also the largest one. It was discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. It was once considered the ninth planet in the

A Solar Eclipse is a natural event. It takes place when the Moon passes in front of the Sun and casts a shadow across 

Hoag’s Object is a ring galaxy discovered in 1950. This galaxy is named after Arthur Allen Hoag, the astronomer who discovered it. He first identified it as a planetary nebula but later came to a conclusion and called it a ring galaxy on the basis of its shape. There are approximately eight...

The Virgo Stellar Stream is located in the constellation of Virgo. It is believed to be the remains of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy. This galaxy is in process of merging with the Milky Way. This stellar stream was discovered from photometric...

Titan is the largest of planet Saturn’s moons. It is the second largest in the solar system with a diameter of 3,200 miles. It is the only moon in the solar system that has clouds and a dense atmosphere. It...

Sirius is a star system which is 8.6 light years away from Earth. One light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles. It consists of two stars, Sirius A is the main sequence star and Sirius B is a small white dwarf. Sirius B has a...

The Crab Nebula is categorized as a supernova remnant. It is believed to be created after the explosion of a large star while it was at the end of its lifespan. This...

A sunspot can be defined as a dark and irregularly shape on the surface of the Sun. The temperature of these spots is usually lower than the surrounding photosphere. The photosphere has a temperature of 5,800 degrees, Kelvin and Sunspots have...

A Whirlpool Galaxy is one of the many close galaxy neighbors to the Milky Way. It was first discovered by Charles Messier in 1773. This spiral galaxy has a diameter of around 60,000 light years. It is located about 23 million light years...

Mercury is the smallest of all the planets in solar system. It is also the closest planet to the Sun. It is named after the messenger of the Roman gods.