What Is Time? Does it Even Exist?
What is time? Why is it that time always move in forward direction? Is it only an illusion? All your questions on time answered.
A Career in Astrophysics: 5 Degrees for You to Consider
Interested in astrophysics? Explore the top 5 master's degrees to lay the foundation for a successful career, from physics to computer science and more.
Origin of Our Universe – Gravitational Waves and Cosmic Inflation
Cosmology is confusing, yet extremely interesting! Before we get deeper, we actually got the picture of our universe 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Wondering where did we get this baby picture of our universe? Let’s talk from the start. Our universe 380,000 years after the Big Bang was so hot that all the subatomic particles like protons, electrons were in a state of plasma moving randomly, even light passing through, was scattered or absorbed, which means the whole universe was opaque. After 380,000 years when the universe has cooled and expanded, the electrons and protons combined and formed hydrogen atoms. So finally after moving randomly for 380,000 years, the…
Dark Matter Map in Galaxy Cluster Abell 1689 – Astronomy Picture of the Week
This image represents the inner region of galaxy cluster Abell 1689 and the distribution of dark matter around it. Abell 1689 is an immense cluster of galaxies located 2.2 billion light-years away. Dark matter cannot be photographed, but its presence can be inferred by observing the light from background galaxies…
Millennium Simulation – The Gigantic Size of our Universe [Video]
The Millennium Simulation, also known as the Millennium Run, is a giant simulation of the whole known Universe. It clearly shows the distribution of clusters...
Blog updates, TV & eclipse photography
I'm now officially done with all that college work. The semester is finally over! :) Therefore I will be able to write more regularly. I will bring back all the weekly series that I couldn't keep up with during the end of semester exam period. So now, other than the "Weekly Stargazing Calendar", there will also be the "Astronomy Picture of the Week" and the "Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles" series and possibly more.