When a celestial body is tidally locked to another, the time it takes to rotate around that other body is equal to the time it takes to rotate once upon its own axis. In other words, a day and an entire year are equal in length. This phenomenon is caused by gravitational forces. A good … Read more
If you’re a teenager looking into astronomy or even if you’re looking to gift a telescope to your teenage nephew, niece or child you’ve come to the right place. Here we’ll introduce you to the best entry to intermediate options to get your feet wet in astronomy and the art of stargazing. There are many … Read more
Radio telescopes are a marvel of astronomical technology. They can view things we could never dream of seeing with our own eyes. Their only downfall is how extremely large they tend to be, sometimes spanning multiple miles. Radio telescopes are so large because the wavelengths they receive, radio waves, are so much larger than the … Read more
The difference between a white hole and a black hole is the direction space-time is flowing. Space-time flow towards a black hole’s event horizon, whereas space-time flow away from a white hole’s event horizon. Since the two entities are opposite and opposing, you might think that if the two collided, they would cancel each other … Read more
The main difference between a black hole and a wormhole is where they physically end. Black holes come to a point of extreme density called a singularity from which nothing can escape – not even wavelengths of light. A wormhole has two open ends which hypothetically connect two different points in time and space. If … Read more
When you think of a telescope, you’re probably thinking of the most common definition of an optical telescope. An optical telescope is an instrument purpose-built to view faraway objects, especially those in space, using an arrangement of mirrors or lenses to make the objects appear much closer than they really are. If you ever owned … Read more