You all have most likely heard about possibilities of expanding the human race towards Mars. There have been many speculations that Mars could possibly be habitable for life. These speculations began many years ago. To learn more about why we have had curiosities of the possibility of having life on Mars, we need to go back to the start of Mars' history. Mars formed around 4.5 billion years ago when the Solar System was just being formed. Mars’ history can be broken down into

Have you ever wondered how astronomers know so much about the mysteries of the universe? How do they discover so much about places outside of our solar system? Astronomers use highly advanced satellites that are on the ground and in space. These satellites all have different purposes that help astronomers discover and learn new things about space. For example, the Kepler Space Telescope’s purpose is to discover Earth-sized exoplanets. The James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) is

If you have ever looked up at the night sky, you will see millions of tiny bright dots scattered across. Each dot is a star just like our Sun. Some of these stars are around or smaller than the size of the Sun, while others can be 100,000 times bigger. Stars may seem like they will last for eternity, but that is not true. Although they live for a long time, they too have an end. Every star’s life starts the same, but they end differently. All stars are born in stellar nebulae

Earlier this fall, I saw the Northern Lights in New England, USA. Normally, the Northern Lights are seen closer to the poles, and they rarely ever go farther away from the poles. I started wondering why they are visible in New England all of a sudden. What is causing this to happen? Most people just see the Northern Lights as a beautiful colorful phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere and is visible in arctic regions of our planet. There is a lot more to them than just bein

While the fate of the universe is unkown, cosmologists have come up with many different theories on how the universe will end. One theory some cosmologists believe is that the expansion of the universe is slowing down. Gravity will overcome the outward expansion, and the universe will collapse in on itself becoming a singularity again. Then the universe will experience a Big Bang, restarting the cycle. Other cosmologists disagree with this theory because they believe the expa