That which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy is called as matter. Matter is present in its various forms through which we can see, observe, and study it. We see matter in our everyday lives and also when we look up towards the skies, we see it in form of…
Author: Jaskaran Singh
Things that I am passionate about-Astronomy,Poetry,Photography,Music.In short, I love art, wherever it exists,tell me where it doesn't ?
Future of the Sun
Sun is a star. A spherical ball of plasma which mostly consists of hydrogen, which is being converted into helium within its core. Heavier elements like oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron, are also present but in smaller quantities There are billions of stars in our galaxy and Sun is just one of them. Stars have…
Flying a kite in space – The Solar Sail
“Let us create vessels and sails adjusted to the heavenly ether, and there will be plenty of people unafraid of the empty wastes.” — Johannes Kepler, 17th-century astronomer Sea and sky have something in similar. An urge to explore while sailing across these vast distances is never ending. A ship sailing across the sea…
Governor of the Universe – Time ?
What is the definition of time? Every time this question makes me think about time and in no time it leaves me stranded with thousands of more questions, hanging in this realm of space and time. Whenever I asked this question from someone, the reaction was just like as if they were slapped awake by…
An astronomical dance-The horseshoe orbit
Talking about a planetary orbit,Mercury has the most eccentric orbit (after excluding Pluto from the planets list) while Venus has the most circular orbit. One of the most interesting things that I came across while reading a book was about a horseshoe orbit. How could something like that be possible? What can cause an object…
Universe’s back bone-A black hole?
To escape the Earth’s gravitational influence you need to have a certain escape velocity (even if you are the superman), you must fly up towards space with approx. 40,320 km/h, however, a speed of 42.1 km/s is required to escape the Sun’s gravity (and exit the Solar System) from the same position. But what if…
Yellow Sun,Blue Sky and Dark Space but WHY? – Part – 2
. In part one of this article, I ended it with the Sun and its part related to Earth, sunrise and sunset. Now we will take a flight towards space, starting from our Sun. In order to understand this article properly (wavelength and stuff), you must first read part one. As we transition from Earth’s…
Yellow Sun,Blue Sky and Dark Space but WHY? – Part 1
I will be posting this article in two parts; this one is for our Mother Earth. We sense, then we feel; we feel because we are alive or we are alive because we feel? Our eyes are the most precious gift of this Universe to us. Color pleases our eyes. Without colors, everything would become…
A meeting place – Atmosphere and Space
The atmosphere is just the gases surrounding Earth or any other planet in the form of layers. What keeps these layers intact is the gravity of a planet. When the planets were forming, the gases being released from volcanic activity and interior of planets led to the formation of the atmosphere of the planets which…
Our Fast and Furious Universe
The title, as it says, is applicable to our Universe. The speeds that we are talking about here are faster than anything on Earth, can anything on Earth, move faster than Earth itself? The speed at which Earth rotates around its own axis is 1670 km/h (at the equator), the speed is slower at the…
A Bubble in Space ?
You read it right, a bubble in space.It’s Bubble Nebula also called as NGC 7635.It’s an H II region (regions of star formation), but what lead to that shape? There is a massive, hot, young star at its center and the bubble is created by stellar wind from this star. It was discovered by William…
An Earthquake on Io – The Jupiter’s Moon
Io is the innermost of 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter. It was discovered in January 1610 by Galileo, along with the other Galilean satellites. It has the highest density, is the fourth largest of all moons, and with the smallest name?. It’s also the driest known object in the Solar System. Life has never been…
Amateur Astronomical Society of Punjab 