Monkeypox has been all over the news worldwide the last few months. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to a subset of the Poxviridae family of viruses called Orthopoxvirus. This subset...
The BA.4 and BA.5 COVID-19 subvariants are the reason for the current global spike of cases. The main characteristic of these subvariants, is that they can spread faster than other circulating variant...
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second–largest planet in the solar system. It is a gas giant with dozens of moons orbiting him. The planet’s most outstanding feature —the r...
The near-Earth asteroid 3753 Cruithne is now known to be our planet’s second moon. Something quite significant about this asteroid is that it shares the Earth’s orbit. Though due to its mo...
Monkeypox has been all over the news worldwide the last few days. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to a subset of the Poxviridae family of viruses called Orthopoxvirus. This subset i...
A black hole, is a cosmic body of extremely intense gravity from which nothing, not even light, can escape. Sagittarius A* Our galaxy’s humongous black hole that is “located” at its ...
The Hubble Space Telescope is a large telescope in space. Launched into orbit by space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Hubble orbits at about 547 kilometers (340 miles) above Earth. Interestingly...