Cosmic Funnies - Blog Posts

As promised, here is a comic about the brightest star in the northern Hemisphere: Sirius! Sirius B will be shown in future comics as 2018 is year of the dog and since Sirius is the dog star, it is year of the Sirius!

Enjoy!

https://www.space.com/21702-sirius-brightest-star.html

Better late than never!

This week’s entry: Meet Mercury

http://www.space.com/36-mercury-the-suns-closest-planetary-neighbor.html

Better late than never!

Here’s a comic about a star that erupts water bullets! OoO!

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110613-space-science-star-water-bullets-kristensen/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/star-shooting-water-jets-herschel_n_879211

https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/herschel-spots-young-star-spewing-water-jets-interstellar-space?cmpid=tw

https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/young-stars-shoot-epic-quantities-of-water-into-space-study-shows/

In this 2 part series, Planet X will teach you about the formation of donut planets using the power of physics! 

http://io9.gizmodo.com/what-would-the-earth-be-like-if-it-was-the-shape-of-a-d-1515700296

Happy Earth Day everyone!

Planet X came to join the party with a topic on earth like planets! Source: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/photos/10-nasa-images-of-planets-like-earth/more-discoveries-to-come#top-desktop

The finale of hot objects month ends with something spectacular!

This week’s entry: Absolute Hot

http://twistedsifter.com/2016/07/absolute-zero-to-absolute-hot-infographic/

Starry Greetings!

Let’s start hot objects month with our infamous red hypergiant: VY CANIS MAJORIS!

https://www.universetoday.com/39472/vy-canis-majoris/

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2012/01/28/the-biggest-star-in-the-sky-and-how-to-see-it/

https://www.universetoday.com/13507/what-is-the-biggest-star-in-the-universe/

https://www.space.com/31209-hypergiant-star-vy-canis-major-weight-loss.html

Better late than never!

This week’s comic: Red Spider Nebula

Two more comics will be posted tonight or by tomorrow at noon!

Have a great night!

http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/the-red-spider-nebula-ngc-6537/

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0109a/