Exploring Jupiter and Saturn: Observations from Bosscha Observatory

Exploring Jupiter and Saturn: Observations from Bosscha Observatory

BandungBergerak.id – Researchers from the Bosscha Observatory observed two giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from different places. Observations were carried out in Lembang, West Bandung Regency, and Nusa Cendana University in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). However, due to weather factors which caused the Lembang sky to be covered by thick clouds, observations were focused … Read more

12P/Pons-Brooks: The Devil Comet Heading Towards Earth in 2023

12P/Pons-Brooks: The Devil Comet Heading Towards Earth in 2023

The story is already familiar from the movie Armageddon, but unfortunately this is not a Hollywood fairy tale, but the real world! In recent weeks, the third explosion has shaken the huge cauldron, which is heading towards Earth, reports the LADbible. The asteroid, which is about three times the size of Mount Everest, was first … Read more

Scorpio Horoscope: November 11, 2023

Scorpio Horoscope: November 11, 2023

Saturday, November 11, 2023 12:00 AM Yes Scorpio With a deep sense of self, frank, always able to say exactly what is on his mind, a good listener to others and good at determining whether someone speaking is honest or lying. Scorpio, your horoscope today, November 11 Scorpios do not like to talk a lot … Read more

Discovering the Oldest Black Hole in the Universe

Discovering the Oldest Black Hole in the Universe

Using NASA telescopes, astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus the oldest black hole. It is also interesting that this supermassive cosmic object is only in the early stages of growth – at the time it was observed, it was still young, a cosmic toddler in layman’s terms. While black holes normally have more … Read more

Euclid Telescope Reveals First Images of Universe, including “Indirect Evidence” of Dark Matter

Euclid Telescope Reveals First Images of Universe, including “Indirect Evidence” of Dark Matter

The European Space Telescope “Euclid” published on Tuesday the first pictures it took of the universe, showing a dazzling nebula resembling a horse’s head, and distant galaxies that had never been seen before, and including “indirect evidence” of the existence of dark matter. Announcement The European Space Telescope “Euclid” published the first images it took … Read more

November 2023 Astronomical Phenomena: Jupiter at its Closest Point to Earth and Taurid Meteor Shower

November 2023 Astronomical Phenomena: Jupiter at its Closest Point to Earth and Taurid Meteor Shower

Mataram (NTBSatu) – Different astronomical phenomena will decorate the sky almost every month. In November 2023, there will also be an astronomical phenomenon, namely several meteor showers that will decorate the sky at night. For those who want to see or monitor astronomical phenomena in November 2023, here are details of the predicted date for … Read more

Scientists Find Evidence that Asteroids Near Earth are Fragments of the Moon

Scientists Find Evidence that Asteroids Near Earth are Fragments of the Moon

CNN Indonesia Monday, 06 Nov 2023 08:47 IWST Illustration. Astronomers have found more evidence that near-Earth asteroids are fragments of the Moon. (Photo: iStockphoto) Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — For astronomer found more evidence that asteroid Near Earth is a fragmented chunk of the Moon. The Kamo’oalewa asteroid, which is Hawaiian for “oscillating fragment”, is a … Read more

6 Indonesian Astronomers Immortalized as Asteroid Names: Bosscha Observatory’s Contribution to Astronomy

6 Indonesian Astronomers Immortalized as Asteroid Names: Bosscha Observatory’s Contribution to Astronomy

Jakarta – There are six Indonesian astronomers whose names are immortalized on asteroids. Can anyone guess? Previously, the naming of asteroids began when the asteroid was first observed on two consecutive nights by one observer. The results are then sent to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which assigns a provisional … Read more