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CosmicWisdom: All you Need to know

T his post will give you general ideas about Galaxies, Stars, Planets, Moons, Nebulae and other Celestial objects. In addition, we'll clarify or refine some of the common misconceptions related to these objects and structures. Let's begin, hello and welcome to our Blog called CosmicWisdom, where we discuss celestial objects in an interesting way. Introduction: Artist impression :  A planet orbiting its Star with its Two moons We always start our posts with a brief introduction. Here every section will act as an intro; if you want to read more about them and if we have created related posts in the past or future, we'll definitely give a link there as the word and discussion come in. Celestial objects are impossible to ignore; they are our very close entities. We live on a planet. A star called the sun sustains life here. ...

Discovery methods to find new worlds

W hy are exoplanets hardest to detect by conventional methods? Why do large institutes like NASA or ESA rely on Artists to create Exoplanet images based on Real data from space missions and Satellites? Today, we'll discuss such topics and find out that Exoplanet discoveries are nearly impossible with optical Telescopes. Hello and welcome to today's post. Without wasting any time, let's begin. Introduction: An exoplanet or Extra-solar planet is just a planet that orbits other stars, Clear? The main difficulty is their size and distance. To see a star, you don't need anything; we can clearly see the Average stars from 100s of light-years away. Stars are actually giant light sources, while planets are pretty small compared to stars. On top of that, they don't have their light; they just reflect incoming light from a nearby self-illuminating source. Just for example, our Sun can fit 1300000 Earths or 1000 Jupiters, so...