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A Journey to Mysterious Exoplanets
We will start off near the TESS Orbital Observatory, which enabled us to take a slightly deeper peek into the fascinating abyss of the cosmos. With its help, we will visit the environs of the dim red dwarf TOI 700 to make the acquaintance of its wonderful planets potentially fit for life. After that we will go to the Teegarden’s Star to observe the most Earth-like planet of all those discovered by now. Next in line is the bizarre world of Gliese 1214 b, which falls into the exceptionally rare category of ocean planets. Then we will reach two representatives of the most furtive and mysterious celestial objects – rogue…
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What the Milky Way Really Looks Like?
According to the dominant scientific hypothesis today, around 13.8 bln years ago there occurred the tremendous event dubbed the Big Bang which created our universe. It is likely that incredibly powerful gravity waves compressed primary gas into gigantic clumps while unrelenting gravity forces ignited thermonuclear fire in their depths, thus lighting the universe with the first stars. These forces also grouped the stars into large-scale clusters, which were later to unite into yet more complex structures of colossal proportions. Billions of years later, one of them became the cradle of an amazing phenomenon – life. And even though mankind is still confined to our native system, we have found out…