This post covers the third book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: Life, the Universe and Everything.
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A Supernova: Explosions that Bring Death and Life
Supernovae are violent explosions produced in star death when their mass becomes large and they run out of fuel to burn.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
This post covers the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
This post is a special post because it is the first to be focused on a fictional book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Black Hole
Black holes are super dense masses with strong gravitational pull left over after large stars run out of fuel and collapse.
APM 08279+5255: Distant Yet Extremely Bright
AMP 08279+5255 (catchy, right?) is a very bright (even by quasar standards) quasar located in the Lynx constellation.
55 Cancri e: Tidally Locked or Slow Rotator?
55 Cancri e, also known as Janssen, is classified as a Super Earth. It likely has lava oceans due to its close proximity to a sun-like star.
Pinwheel Galaxy: Easy to Spot Spiral
The Pinwheel Galaxy is a gorgeous spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major.
Dyson Sphere: Solar Energy on a Whole New Level
Dyson Spheres may sound totally fictional; however, they may be one of our best bets for energy beyond Earth’s resources.
Mini Biography: Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was an astronomer who lived in between the times of Copernicus and Galileo who made many detailed observations of the sky.