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PECULIAR THINGS YOU CAN ONLY FIND IN OUTER SPACE

Added on: 12th Jan 2016

 

MAGNETIC CLOUD

Magnetic cloud

A transient event observed in the solar wind, the magnetic cloud

is a possible manifestation of a coronal mass ejection

characterized by a strong magnetic field, smooth rotation

of the magnetic field vector and low proton temperature.

 

 

PILLARS OF CREATION

Pillars of creation

Resembling a picture from a sci-fi landscape, the pillars of creation

are actually a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in

the Eagle Nebula, some 7,000 light years from Earth. Composed of

cool molecular hydrogen and dust, the pillars are basically

seeds of new stars.

 

 

UNNOVA

Unnova

Quite the opposite of supernova, the unnova is the last phase

of a star´s life, in which the star collapses on itself but without

emitting large number of particles or energy. In some cases,

only low-energy gamma radiation may be emitted.

 

 

ALCOHOL CLOUD

25 Bizarre Things You Can Only Find In Outer Space

Located some 6,500 light years from our planet, there is a

gigantic cloud that contains a significant amount of ethanol.

Spanning almost 300 billion miles in outer space, the cloud

contains enough alcohol to fill 400 trillion pints of beer.

 

 

GRAVITATIONAL LENS

Black_hole_lensing_web

In space, gravity can do bizarre things including what

astronomers call gravitational lens, a phenomenon, in

which matter between a distant source and an observer bends

the light from the source, as it travels towards the observer.

Here’s a simulated gravitational lensing (black hole

going past a background galaxy).

 

 

SHOOTING STAR

Shooting star

It’s a well-known fact that what we call “shooting stars” are

actually meteorites falling through the atmosphere. However,

what you may not know is that shooting stars actually exist.

Mira for example is a red giant star that is shooting through

the galaxy fast enough to create a tail similar to what

we see in comets.

 

 

DIAMOND PLANET

Diamond planet

Formally known as “55 Cancri e”, the diamond planet has a mass

of about 7.8 Earths and is thought to contain a large amount of

carbon much of which may be in the form of diamonds.

Forbes estimates that the planet may be worth about 27

nonillion dollars (that’s 27 followed by 30 zeros).

 

 

FREEZING STAR

Freezing star

While most of the known stars are very hot (e.g. the surface of the

Sun has a temperature of 10,000 F or 5,600 C), there has been

a cold star discovered quite recently. Formally known as

WISE 0855−0714, the freezing star is a brown dwarf

featuring temperatures between −55 to 8 F (- 48 to −13 C).

 


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