A magnetar is a unique kind of neutron star; ultra-dense and estimated to have a magnetic field roughly a trillion times stronger than Earth. If you got close enough to one of these powerful stars, your body would be dismantled. It would pull all of the electrons from your atoms.
Phobos (Mars) vs Bennu (asteroid): 📸 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Goddard/UofA
HD1 is one of the most distant galaxies ever discovered. Considering the rate of expansion of the Universe, its estimated “proper distance” is 33.4 billion light-years away. It’s one of the earliest galaxies to grace the cosmos, created about 324 million years after the Big Bang.
A brown dwarf is too massive to be categorized as a planet, but not massive enough to undergo nuclear fusion, a requirement for star classification. As a result of that, these unique substellar objects lie somewhere in between. Nevertheless, brown dwarfs can still host planets.
Gliese 667 is a triple-star system located 23 light-years from Earth. This system hosts 7 known exoplanets, with 3 of those positioned within the 'habitable zone. Gliese 667 Cc is a super-Earth exoplanet that has promising potential. Maybe this is where we first find aliens. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
Hubble vs Webb: The Ring Nebula Which image do you prefer? 📸 Credit: NASA/ESA
UY Scuti is the largest star in the Universe discovered so far. It’s estimated to be roughly 1,700x larger than the Sun. This visual comparison displays the drastic size difference between the two. Mind-boggling.
Cuancoá (LTT9779b) is the brightest exoplanet ever observed. This dazzling planet is located roughly 262 light-years from Earth, and its atmosphere is thought to be composed of reflective metallic clouds. Temperatures on this scorching inferno can reach 3,632°F! Staggering. 🥵
Eris is a confirmed dwarf planet located in the distant Kuiper Belt. On average, this unique body is 3 times further from the Sun than Pluto. Eris’ discovery in 2005 was a major reason for the declassification of Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. Interesting object.
TOI-1452b is a super-Earth exoplanet located 100 light-years from Earth. It orbits around a red dwarf star roughly every 11 days. This intriguing exoplanet is thought to be a water world. Its entire surface is covered in a thick layer of H2O, amounting to 30% of the planets mass.
The largest structure in the observable Universe is a galaxy filament known as the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall. It measures roughly 10 billion light-years in length, a size the human brain can’t comprehend. In it, there’s estimated to be millions of galaxies. Incredible.
Over 10 billion light-years from Earth, one of the largest black holes ever discovered lurks in the dark; TON 618. At 66 billion solar masses, it’s nearly as massive as the entire Milky Way galaxy. An unimaginably monstrous beast, prowling around the cosmos. #BlackHole ⚫️
Do you believe wormholes exist? A wormhole is a hypothetical structure connecting two different points in spacetime. This theoretical passageway creates a shortcut through the cosmos; a tunnel through the fabric of the Universe.
FarLife Fun Fact: Sedna takes around 11,400 years to orbit the Sun. This is the longest orbital period of any known object in the solar system that is its size or larger.
Westerlund 1 is a massive star cluster located roughly 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Ara (the Altar). This spectacular collection of stars contains some of the most massive types of stars known across the Universe, including many menacing supergiants. NASA
If you could safely explore any object in the solar system, which object would you choose and why?
Gliese 504b is a gas giant exoplanet discovered via direct imaging. It orbits so close to its star that it glows pink. Considered to be a brown dwarf candidate, this exotic exoplanet is thought to be very similar to Jupiter. Gliese 504b is located 57 light-years from Earth.
FarLife Fun Fact: Pluto is orbited by five moons: Charon, Hydra, Kerberos, Nix and Styx.
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Do you think intelligent life has ever existed on Mars? 📸 Credit: NASA/ESA/Zolt G. Levay (STScI)
Galaxies and hurricanes possess striking similarities. Overall, the Universe displays remarkable patterns. It’s as if nature employs a fractal design, echoing similar structures from the cosmos to the quantum. 📸 Credits: NOAA/NASA/ESA/CIRA
FarLife Fun Fact: The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe. This frigid nebula has an average temperature of around -458 °F! 🥶 📸 Credit: ESA/NASA
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A blanet is a hypothetical exoplanet that orbits a black hole. These peculiar planets could theoretically orbit in the 'safe zone' around supermassive black holes. Perhaps there are thousands of blanets orbiting around Sagittarius A* right now. A supermassive planetary system.
VY Canis Majoris is a red hypergiant star located around 3,900 light-years away. This colossal star was once visible in our night sky, but due to its extreme “shedding” as it reaches the end of its stellar life, it has dimmed to the point that it can only be seen with telescopes.
The Vela pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star located roughly 1,000 light-years away. A fast moving jet of particles produced by Vela was spotted by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The pulsar spans only 12 miles in diameter and rotates over 11 times per second, faster than a helicopter rotor.
The Squid Galaxy (Messier 77) is a barred spiral galaxy located roughly 45 million light-years away. This magnificent galaxy spans 100,000 light-years in diameter. Messier 77 is notable for its intensely bright center surrounded by a fuzzy cloud of gas and dust. NASA
The Fermi Bubbles are two large, symmetrical bubbles of gas that extend above and below the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. They were discovered in 2010 using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. NASA
