Auroras are the result of disturbances in the magnetosphere caused by solar wind. Nebula A nebula (Latin for 'cloud' or 'fog'; pl. nebulae, nebulæ or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Aurora The rising light of the morning; the dawn...
What does the Latin word nova mean? History and Etymology for nova Noun (1) borrowed from New Latin, "newly visible star or nebula"(probably originally as ellipsis of nebula nova, later taken as ellipsis of stella nova "new star"), from feminine of Latin novus "new" — more at new en...
If you've received a telescope or a pair of binoculars for Christmas, there's only one thing to put them on as soon as it gets dark. Found to the lower right of Orion's Belt in the eastern sky, the Orion Nebula — also called M42 — is a star nursery about 1,300 light-years f...
For larger telescopes only, it will be a challenge to find this 12″ diameter, magnitude 13.5 planetary nebula I.1747 in the same field as magnitude 3.3 Epsilon! Using both Delta and Epsilon as our “guide stars” let’s draw an imaginary line between the pair extending from southwest to ...
The main exhibition’s tilt towards the oft called Global South will also mean that here in the Europe we are being introduced to artists and ideas we know little about. All this promises an interesting show for our troubled times. The 60th Venice Biennale runs throughout the...
) of Nebula Nebula (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope. Nebula (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. ...
Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago from the solar nebula, along with the Sun and other planets.[10] The moon formed roughly 20 million years later. Initially molten, the outer layer of the planet cooled, resulting in the solid crust. Outgassing and volcanic activity pro...
With "nonamorous" being a term which is likely to confuse people. Since it's a synonym, in Latin, for "asexual". Whilst meaning something entirely different. With the definition "Describes a person who does not wish to form a significant partnership with others." not excluding all...
Lu Yao: So does this mean I need to know which words are stressed and which are not? Miss Conner: Yes, I'm afraid so. English words have a strong form and a weak form. Words like pronouns, articles, prepositions, and so on are often not stressed. So we usually use the weak form...